# Name an article of clothing that starts with "I". **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232 "2005-05-17T13:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/21 "2005-05-17T16:19:12Z")
Italian shoes ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/22 "2005-05-17T16:52:36Z")
> [@RM Mentock](#): > > OK, OK, ihram In case anyone missed it **RM Mentock** got a perfect answer a few posts back. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/23 "2005-05-17T16:56:08Z")
Thanks! I’ve been stuck since on a foot fetish: [Irrigation boots](http://www.cabelas.com/information/Footwear/LaCrosseZXTIrrigationBoot.html) BTW, isn’t an iPod an article of clothing now? ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/24 "2005-05-17T17:27:11Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > In case anyone missed it **RM Mentock** got a perfect answer a few posts back. I always thought that ihram was a ritual that required specific clothing, but was not aware that it actually referred to the dress itself. Thanks RM! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/25 "2005-05-17T18:03:48Z")
In-line skates ID bracelet Iron Mask (y’know like the Man) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/26 "2005-05-17T18:35:26Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > I always thought that ihram was a ritual that required specific clothing, but was not aware that it actually referred to the dress itself. > > Thanks RM! My Webster’s New World states ih-ram 1. a costume worn by Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, consisting of one piece of white cotton arround the waiste and hips and another over the shoulder 2. the restrictions and rules that must be observed by a pilgrim so dressed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/27 "2005-05-18T02:31:16Z")
**Izar** : a long cotton outer garment, usually white, traditionally worn by Moslem women. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/28 "2005-05-18T19:04:52Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#): > > Thanks for not including a pic! 😉 I thought he did… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232/29 "2005-05-18T20:09:50Z")
What about the [ionar](http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/dungiven.html)? [Irish](http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/leine.htm) Medieval jacket/vest. > [@](#): > > Ionar > A small jacket, usually worn more loose than a doublet, the Ionar is a traditional Irish garment. The version shown in most woodcuts shows the ionar coming down to the ribs with a “peplum” around the bottom. [More](http://www.torcdubh.org/costumes.html) [info](http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~lwittie/sca/garb/simple.html) about ionar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-article-of-clothing-that-starts-with-i/304232.md?page=1)