# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**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 12, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/101 "2010-06-12T11:57:41Z")
Sleeveless black pencil dress = Audrey Hepburn Red long-sleeve polo shirt with white bucket hat = Gilligan ---
**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 14, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/102 "2010-06-14T14:32:41Z")
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat hasn’t been posted? I mean, i’s the only piece of clothing that has an actual name. Evita’s white dress (TOUCHDOWN!) Cat outfits supposed to make people look like cats, but only make them look like people trying to look like cats (line stolen from Ed McBain’s mystery"There was a Little Girl"). The Starlight Express costumes, complete with roller skates. The Phantom’s costume, complete with mask. ---
**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 14, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/103 "2010-06-14T18:56:46Z")
Carol Burnett’s curtain dress from “Went with the Wind”–I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/104 "2010-06-14T19:46:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Evita’s white dress (TOUCHDOWN!) Marilyn Monroe’s white dress, over the subway grate. (GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/105 "2010-06-14T19:49:47Z")
brightly-colored parachute pants–MC Hammer ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/106 "2010-06-14T22:04:46Z")
Round wire-rimmed glasses: Harry Potter White suit with black necktie: Mr. Roarke from Fantasy Island White suit with black string tie: Colonel Sanders Cane and running shoes: Dr. House All black clothing and black sunglasses: Roy Orbison All black clothing without sunglasses: Johnny Cash Black leather jacket: Fonzie Ratty bathrobe: Hawkeye Pierce Hat with fishing lures: Col. Henry Blake Horn-rimmed glasses with suit and skinny tie: Elvis Costello Red tiered wedding cake hats and radiation suits: Devo White button-down shirt and tan pants: The Professor Blue polo shirt, tan pants, captain’s hat: The Skipper Purple velvet tailcoat and green top hat: Willy Wonka ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/107 "2010-06-14T22:53:48Z")
You didn’t bother reading the thread, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/108 "2010-06-14T23:02:20Z")
_Deleted after rereading the last two posts_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/109 "2010-06-14T23:26:48Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > You didn’t bother reading the thread, did you? Um…probably not as thoroughly as I should have. 😕 ---
**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 16, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531/110 "2010-06-16T13:25:20Z")
There’s actually a website devoted tto [Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper’s T-shirts](http://www.sheldonshirts.com/sheldon.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531.md?page=5)