Dogon men wear cotton tunics. The sides of tunics worn by younger men are not sewn together, as they are in those worn by older men. The tunics are usually dyed plain blue or brown. Under the tunic males wear trousers which are cut wide around the crotch.<Br>Young herdsmen wear pointed caps, sometimes decorated with aluminium clasps. Men often wear wide braided hats, trimmed with leather, or rectangular caps that can be worn in a variety of ways. Dogon men may wear sandals, but often go barefoot.<Br>Nowadays there is so much competition in the form of second-hand clothing from Europe that many Dogon have adopted Western styles of dress. In addition, weavers increasingly use imported yarn.