4. The Celts may have been one of the first Europeans to wear pants.
4. The Celts may have been one of the first Europeans to wear pants.
The ancient Celts were famous for their colorful wool textiles, forerunners of the famous Scottish tartan. And, while only a few tantalizing scraps of these textiles survived the centuries, historians believe that the Celts were one of the first Europeans to wear pants. They didn’t have buttons, though, so they fastened their clothing with clasps called fibulae.
