Fun fact: industrialization and thus the beginning of standardizing clothes came at a time where men were mostly dressing themselves while women, even the lower classes, still needed some assistance to finish dressing themselves (think corset because that was the biggest reason.)
This remains in most clothing standards across the world in the form of buttons (save for traditional clothing) and zippers. Men's clothing is built for right-handedness while women's is on the left, as if someone right-handed is coming to assist you. In a way, this makes women more ambidextrous.
Wrap shirts, dresses, and jackets also follow the trend of right over left unless culturally tabooed, such as in Japan where the kimono was worn left over right and only done in the opposite manner for someone's funeral. Thus, a subtle way Japan depicts ghosts is from their clothing being "backwards."
Fun fact: industrialization and thus the beginning of standardizing clothes came at a time where men were mostly dressing themselves while women, even the lower classes, still needed some assistance to finish dressing themselves (think corset because that was the biggest reason.)
This remains in most clothing standards across the world in the form of buttons (save for traditional clothing) and zippers. Men's clothing is built for right-handedness while women's is on the left, as if someone right-handed is coming to assist you. In a way, this makes women more ambidextrous.
Wrap shirts, dresses, and jackets also follow the trend of right over left unless culturally tabooed, such as in Japan where the kimono was worn left over right and only done in the opposite manner for someone's funeral. Thus, a subtle way Japan depicts ghosts is from their clothing being "backwards."