Clothing from the Bronze Age Both men and women wore knee-length robes with one or two shoulder straps throughout the Bronze Age. Males wrapped cloaks across their shoulders, and artifacts of woolen underwear used by men in colder areas have been discovered. Over their dresses, women wore short-sleeved shirts or tunics. They also wore trousers (which were later adopted as clothing for women) made out of linen or hemp cloth. The clothes that people wore during the Bronze Age were not particularly durable - garments tended to be made from soft materials such as cotton and linen which do not last long when washed. However, some items such as jewelry and weapons had been made from bronze until about 1700 B.C. when they were replaced by iron. People then started making clothes out of leather which is more durable than cloth. The Bronze Age ended around 1750 B.C. when gold, silver, and copper tools began to replace bronze ones. This was because it was impossible to make tools out of bronze anymore since all you could do was polish them off other objects. After the Bronze Age, people didn't wear clothes made of bronze but clothes made of animal skins or hemp. People began wearing clothes again after 1000 B.C. when silk threads became available in China.