> Each person had, give or take one, exactly as many tailor-made clothes as we have today. Many, perhaps most, people don't have any tailor made clothes becaus

> Each person had, give or take one, exactly as many tailor-made clothes as we have today. Many, perhaps most, people don't have any tailor made clothes because they can't afford a tailor. Which has indeed always been the case. But before machines, people who couldn't afford a tailor had no other option for clothes except homemade. Now, with machines, they do.