culture observations consideration

my first tutorial on my practical work so far, i have been told that looking into culture and traditions may be somewhat helpful in been able to use and appreiate clothing designs and living features. when talking about culture i can look at:
-clothing
-pattern
-material
-enviroment
-traditions
-personalities

all of these make important features within character design as all of these helo create in depth characters. if using these correctly, i would be able to tell the story of characters through the image and design of them on their own.