Reading - The Fingerprint of the Second Skin

Having grown up reading and watching Sherlock Holmes solve almost impossible mysteries through logic and traces, I almost believed that Sherlock Holmes had special powers. Its funny how those non-living traces and marks on bodies and clothing actually become the basis of solving a problem. Moreover as observed in the reading, altered properties due to wear and tear of the clothes worn become great input for forensic studies. The reading thus, gave a realistic aspect to the kind of investigation done by Sherlock Holmes.
Till date often footwear and footprints were used for investigation along with clothes that were stained or had anything foreign on it. But the interpretation of patterns on jeans that define unique characteristics, come out of usage patterns and inherent properties of the material itself.
Clothes are mostly taken for granted and rarely the unique formation of barcode like patterns created out of the patterns of usages goes onto becoming a major differentiation factor among jeans apart from the make or brand.
Clothes define a language that is almost like the DNA of a garment that remains inherent and individual to each person or wearer. It will be interesting to watch how this language translates into proof and leads to gives justice and define the way forensic studies are carried out. This becomes the basis of new language, new representation, and after reading the Talking Knots article, it almost feels like on a daily basis through the wear and tear of our clothes we are creating a new language unknown to ourselves.