Tools are complex resources crafted by workshops or special buildings.
Clothes are complex items that need a series of research and crafting skills to be done. They are constantly used by villagers to protect their houses and bodies troughout the whole year, and play special roles in heating homes, therefore affecting happiness. Huts, houses and longhouses that end their clothes supplies will consume more fuel during the winter.
To craft clothes you will need, in order, to research:
You will also need to have:
Workshops are able to craft clothes, using 10 fabric. As tailors only use 3, it is not recomended to get workshops doing them. This resource was also used by armies to do certains actions (feature under rework).