So, I’m really bored and this is truly the most trivial thing I’ve ever posted. Name songs that center around clothes, or mention clothes prominently. Got to thinking of it as I listened to Mary Chapin Carpenter’s nostalgic ballad, “This Shirt.” Women scorned by men willl love it. Find the song or find the lyrics!
Sir Rhosis, not a woman, never scorned by men
Youtube video of “This Shirt.” Actually, it’s about more than just her ex-boyfriend.
These boots were made for walking and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
Oh, I’m puttin’ on my top hat,
Tying up my white tie,
Brushing off up my tails.
I’m doodin’ up my shirt front,
Puttin’ in the shirt studs,
Polishing my nails.
Juanes - La Camisa Negra (The Black Shirt) Video. About lost love, the narrator is wearing a black shirt in mourning of his love leaving.
Depending a bit in how you define ‘prominently mentioned’:
Madness - Baggy Trousers. Video. The title trousers aren’t mentioned until the final verse, but it is the title and the outro is just ‘Baggy trousers’ repeated over and over again.
“I love my shirt” --Donovan
“Do you have a shirt that you really love, one that you feel so groovy in…”
“Roxanne” by what’s their names
“…You don’t have to wear that dress tonight…”
Blue Suede Shoes - by some annoying guy.
Leave Your Hat On - by some even more annoying old guy.
Raspberry Beret
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” Paul Simon
Can’t believe I’ve been beaten to this one already!
Jethro Tull: “Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket and Tie”
Kinks: “She’s Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina”
Robert Gordon: “Black Slacks”
Royal Teens: “Short Shorts”
Frank Zappa: “Rubber Shirt” (maybe a cheat, as it’s an instrumental)
Mothers of Invention: “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”
GTOs: “The Captain’s Fat Theresa Shoes”
The Who: “Zoot Suit”
Coasters: “Shopping for Clothes”
Elvis Costello: “Green Shirt”
::: singing :::
"It was an Itsy-Bitsy, Teeny-Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini … "
Do incidental references to clothes count, like “In my Easter bonnet…” line from “Easter Parade”?
Christmas Shoes
d&r
Evita’s “Rainbow High”
I’m their savior
That’s what they call me.
So Lauren Bacall me.
Anything goes.
You’re not decorating a girl for a night on the town.
And I’m not a second rate queen getting kicks with a crown
New Dress, by Jonatha Brooke
Cause you take me to the window, love
and you leave the light on.
You take off my uniform
and say baby put this new dress on.
Trip Shakespeare: “The Slacks”
Ass Ponys: “Banlon Shirt”
E: “Looking Out the Window with a Blue Hat On”
The classic, “I’m too Sexy.” by Right Said Fred.
I’m too sexy for my shirt!
“My Adidas” by Run DMC
“Cinque…dieci…venti…,” the opening duettino from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, prominently features a “charming little hat.”
Half Man Half Biscuit -Joy Division Oven Gloves (crappy quality)
“(The Angels Wanna Wear) My Red Shoes” by Elvis Costello.
“Old Brown Shoe” by the Beatles.