Thread to Clothes

From yarns of thread,

Cloth is spun and made,

Alas but with regret,

It will be cut into shreds!

On the shreds of cloth,

Needles and thread work in tune,

In and out they sew,

To form a shirt brand new.

And now for the pants,

It's not that different,

For they begin as shreds,

Connected by needles and threads.

That's clothes making, my friend,

So simple it seem,

Yet so noble are they,

The unsung heroes, ol' seamstresses.

Julian Wong

Clothes?!

"OK class, write a narrative about CLOTHES."
"What?!"
"Clothes. And I don't want any boring facts about designers and materials. I want a story."
"But, Miss..."
"No 'buts'. I want it TOMORROW."
"What?!"
"Yes, better start writing now."
*everybody grumbles*
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Clothes! My teacher actually wants a story on CLOTHES!

Oh dear...how am I supposed to write a story about clothes? Of all things to choose from under the beautiful sky, she chose clothes! Aaaarghh!!! *pulls hair*
Well, of course she chose clothes, everyone chooses clothes, no?
Good point.
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Right, the time of frustration & despair is over. Gotta start making sense of what am I gonna write. But CLOTHES is just mind boggling...

Well, come to think of it: I think we've been taking clothes for granted all this while. We see clothes as part & parcel of life. We wrap ourselves with clothes for, well obvious reasons. Modesty for one & protection from the weather, maybe? *shrugs*

Right, the thing is, nobody actually spared much thought about clothes. I don't mean the time we spend looking at out wardrobe trying to decide what to wear. What I mean was none of us actually sat down and think of clothes like, really seriously think of it. What am I talking about?

Bottomline: Noone actually thought of writing an essay on CLOTHES!

Hmmm...so the challenge is thus: how to make CLOTHES into a story-material?

Shall I humanize clothes? Like, give them voices? Or shall I just write from a clothes-wearer/dresser's point of view?

Hmmm...I need inspiration.