Prevailing wisdom and archaeological evidence suggest that we have been wearing clothes for a very long time. Humans have been dressing themselves not only for warmth, protection, and comfort, but also for style, status, and probably pleasure, for at least 34,000 years. The very oldest remnants of woven textiles, which were discovered in a cave in the Caucasus Mountains in Eastern Europe, are sophisticated weaves from fibers that had been dyed turquoise, red, yellow, blue-violet, green, khaki, and pink.