# Articles of wearing apparel always associated with one creative work/person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531 "2010-06-09T13:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/41 "2010-06-09T16:24:11Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Cone-shaped brassiere that makes her breasts look like deadly weapons = Madonna Actual weapons on her brassiere = Lady Gaga Blue and white striped scarf + red and blue striped sweater = Mark Cohen, RENT Huge, multicolor/patterned sweater = Bill Cosby Red and black striped shirt + black shorts = Calvin Red and white striped shirt + matching toque = Waldo And, of course, [these](http://nancypearlwannabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/devo.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/42 "2010-06-09T16:29:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I think white suits can be assigned as follows: > > White suit with mustache and goatee - Colonel Sanders; > White suit with mustache - Mark Twain; > White suit clean shaven - Tom Wolfe. You forgot Boss Hogg. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/43 "2010-06-09T16:41:03Z")
Freaky/flappy/asymetrical jackets/tunics - Dorothy Sbornak (Bea Arthur). > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Cone-shaped brassiere that makes her breasts look like deadly weapons = Madonna Lady Gaga’s got her [beat](http://wallofstyles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lady-gaga-pyro-bra.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/44 "2010-06-09T16:41:11Z")
Sloppy bathrobe and muscle pants - The Dude Tall headdress made of tropical fruit - Carmen Miranda ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/45 "2010-06-09T16:48:21Z")
White fright wig - Andy Warhol. Beautiful evening gowns - Nancy Wilson (jazz singer). Crazy-pattern sweaters - Bill Cosby. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/46 "2010-06-09T17:26:21Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Ladies’ hat with price tag still on it: Minnie Pearl Gentleman’s hat with price tag still on it: the Mad Hatter. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/47 "2010-06-09T17:36:08Z")
The hat and cigarette holder for Hunter S. Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/48 "2010-06-09T17:36:22Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > The guy that played Rerun in"Good Times" - Red beret and suspenders Rerun was in _What’s Happening!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/49 "2010-06-09T17:43:14Z")
Oversized brown fedora - a certain archeologist whose name escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/50 "2010-06-09T17:48:56Z")
Large necklaced timepiece - Flava Flav ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/51 "2010-06-09T17:59:30Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Glasses (with mustache) and cigar – Groucho Marx Alpine hat and short velour jacket - Chico Marx Beat up top hat and rumpled trench coat - Harpo Marx [QUOTE=teela brown] Sloppy bathrobe and muscle pants - The Dude [/QUOTE] Sloppy white bathrobe, guinea t-shirt, and boxer shorts - Tony Soprano ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/52 "2010-06-09T18:11:03Z")
A toga of green leaves-Jolly Green Giant A 20 foot scarf and Hat-Dr Who (Tom Baker) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/53 "2010-06-09T18:14:36Z")
Deerstalker cap - Sherlock Holmes (doesn’t really matter that it was Sidney Paget who added it, the association is there). Black coat, white shoes, black hat - [Jim Parker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113358/) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/54 "2010-06-09T18:21:05Z")
Crooked, tall, horizontally-striped hat - Cat in the Hat. Roller skates - Rollergirl (Heather Graham) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/55 "2010-06-09T18:21:13Z")
Ascot - Fred on Scooby Doo ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/56 "2010-06-09T18:24:23Z")
Well not apparel but part of the dress, that one of a kind long slender pointed tip microphone-Gene Rayburn ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/57 "2010-06-09T18:29:42Z")
Loincloth - Tarzan ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/58 "2010-06-09T19:00:37Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Well not apparel but part of the dress, that one of a kind long slender pointed tip microphone-Gene Rayburn Which he apparently designed or invented. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/59 "2010-06-09T19:25:10Z")
Studded, white jumpsuit - Elvis ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/60 "2010-06-09T19:32:25Z")
Bad mother-[shet-yo-mouf]-ing leather jacket - Shaft, John Shaft. Leather jacket - The Fonz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531.md?page=4)