Why do we get dressed?

There are quite a few Uniqlo clothing stores in Singapore. I saw this range of advertisements at the store. So here is my answer to the advertisement question.

Why do we get dressed is such a simple question that most people don’t ask. The striking ordinariness of the question is what makes it catch our attention. We think the answer is obvious, we dress because it is necessary, to protect us from the elements, comfort and fashion. Seldom so we think that we dress for modesty unless we see someone who is underdressed. Why are humans the only living species that need clothing?

Bible’s answer is so primitive that it dates to the first two humans on earth.  God created Adam and Eve naked.

Genesis 2:25
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
And after they sinned, they felt naked and shame. They made clothes to hide their nakedness and shame. And they hid from God. Despite man being sinful, God still looked for them

Genesis 3:7-9
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”  
 
God still cared for man. The self made fig clothes were probably so bad that God made clothes of skin. The skin had to come from an animal who probably gave up its life as it gave up its skin. If so that would have been the first blood sacrifice for sin.

​Genesis 3:21
 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
 
Feeling shame about nakedness is a natural response in all humans.  In the last century, clothes have become more revealing but most people would still feel uncomfortable being completely naked in front of strangers. Only couples bare their nakedness to each other as a testament to their love for each other.
Therefore, the foremost answer to why we get dressed is we want to hide our sin. Getting dressed is only one modality to hide sin. Hiding, lying and blaming others were all techniques pioneered by Adam primarily to hide his sin from God.
 
Genesis 3 :10-12
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”  And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
 
I believe the story of Adam and Eve, it is not a myth. Putting on my clothes daily is a reminder of my sin.