# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/61 "2010-06-09T19:35:14Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Blue Sailor Outfit - Donald Duck And the [Cracker Jack kid](http://www.crackerjack.com/home.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/62 "2010-06-09T19:52:28Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@Cuckoorex](#): > > > > Blue Sailor Outfit - Donald Duck > > And the [Cracker Jack kid](http://www.crackerjack.com/home.htm). Donald Duck’s is _sans_ pants, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/63 "2010-06-09T20:06:17Z")
Tunic over bloomers with huge floppy bow tie and big tam o’shanter worn over page boy hairdo: Buster Brown. ---
**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/64 "2010-06-09T20:13:19Z")
Ear Ring - Mr. Clean. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/65 "2010-06-09T20:28:32Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Ascot - Fred on Scooby Doo Or Mister Furley. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/66 "2010-06-09T20:42:00Z")
I got one that is both one person and one creative work: the big white suit that David Byrne wore for the video of _Once In A Lifetime_. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/67 "2010-06-09T20:45:58Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > Sneakers and a zip up cardigan - Mr. Rogers. Specifically, [blue Keds](http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2008/03/rogers.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/68 "2010-06-09T21:06:45Z")
Round glasses + bowler (+ silk tie and vest or other manly apparel) = Annie Hall/Diane Keaton ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/69 "2010-06-09T21:07:28Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Spike heels, black fishnets and a garter belt = \*\*Bettie Page \*\*FTW! For me, that’s associated with Dr. Frank N. Furter from [Rocky Horror Picture Show.](http://www.horrorstew.com/images/Frank75.jpg) A white headscarf, [alone](http://www.yalebooks.co.uk/yale/localjackets/l/9780300126822.jpg) or sometimes [under a flat-brimmed western hat](http://sexualityinart.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/georgia-okeeffe-by-ansel-adams-s.jpg), is always going to be associated with Georgia O’Keeffe for me. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/70 "2010-06-10T09:32:42Z")
Eyepatch (in non-pirate context) - Moshe Dayan. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/71 "2010-06-10T13:08:57Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Eyepatch (in non-pirate context) - Moshe Dayan. I always associate an eyepatch with author [Andrew Vachss](http://www.vachss.com/dogs/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/72 "2010-06-10T13:19:38Z")
The eyes of Tammy Faye Baker. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/73 "2010-06-10T13:22:22Z")
Green Hawaiian-type shirt with black pinstripes, black shorts with a white stripe on the side, brown sandals, freckles, unisex bowl haircut - Peppermint Patty. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/74 "2010-06-10T14:40:11Z")
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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/75 "2010-06-10T14:47:37Z")
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned a rumpled raincoat yet? ---
**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 10, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/76 "2010-06-10T15:19:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I always associate an eyepatch with author [Andrew Vachss](http://www.vachss.com/dogs/index.html) Never heard of him. I guess it’s a matter of cultural context. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/77 "2010-06-10T15:32:47Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Why hasn’t anyone mentioned a rumpled raincoat yet? “Just one more thing . . . .” Cat-eyed glasses - Dame Edna Everidge. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/78 "2010-06-10T20:29:26Z")
What about the famous ear-flapped hunting cap worn by Ignatius J. Reilly? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/79 "2010-06-10T20:38:00Z")
White disco suit – Tony Manero Leather Jacket – The Fonz Yellow jumpsuit and matching athletic shoes – Bruce Lee, or Beatrix Kiddo ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/80 "2010-06-10T21:10:13Z")
This thread is fun. Big gold chains - Mr. T. Kangol hat - L.L. Cool J. White halter dress - Marilyn Monroe Banana skirt - Josephine Baker Huge African head wrap - Erycah Badu Swan Dress - Bjork [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531.md?page=5)