There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.
Those that yield are not always weak
Spontaneity is the province of youth
Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness
But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked.
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves.