The principal material of the Steppe Turkish clothes were the skins of sheep, lamb, cattle, fox and with a less amount of bearskin and the wool of sheep, goat, and camel.The ancient Turks would weave clothes and cultivate hemps for their clothes.They would wear underwear made of woollen clothes and fabrics. Hun people would export woollen fabrics and various felts to China. Apart from 20 types of silken fabrics (imported from China), a woollen fabric with the embroidery of a Hun portrait on it and felts decorated with applique were found in the Noin-ula sepulchre in the Central Asia pertaining to a Hun ruler's family in the 1st century BC.
The Roman peoples had firstly seen linen shirts that were worn by Hun people. The "typical" clothes of the steppe lands consisted of jackets-pants. The cavalrymen could dress with these clothes in the most comfortable way. As we have stated above (see Army), this dressing type was spread to the entire world as a result of the military reforms that were carried out in the foreign countries that were performed in accordance with the Turkish procedures (the jackets, pants, shirts, boots and socks that were excavated from the Hun tombs pertaining to the Gregorian years).
When the Khazar princess, Cicek got married and went to the Byzantine palace, the empress' garment of the Turkish type that she had worn (Çiçekion) was in fashion. Although the other tribes used hook and eye, the Turks would use buttons and they would unbutton their jackets to the left side on the contrary to the Chinese and Mongolian people. Turks would wear boots to their feet and put on felt caps on their heads. The celebrities and the high-ranked officials were distinguished with their caps that were much longer and showier than the others. According to the historical documents pertaining to the Huns, Gokturk, Khazar, Oguz and Bulgarian peoples, the Turkish men were generally long-haired; it was a tradition to put out of the felt caps and caps as a symbol of respect.
The handicrafts were highly developed in the Steppe Turkish communities. The steppe Turks that had founded the most extensive and widest empires of the world had always had an extensive and highly developed war industry in accordance with the contemporary periods. One of the means that provided this superiority was iron.