# Songs About Clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195 "2007-12-25T09:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/1 "2007-12-25T09:20:36Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/2 "2007-12-25T09:28:58Z")
Youtube video of “This Shirt.” Actually, it’s about more than just her ex-boyfriend. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vEAEwDRNjY) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/3 "2007-12-25T09:32:13Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/4 "2007-12-25T09:46:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/5 "2007-12-25T10:02:31Z")
Juanes - La Camisa Negra (The Black Shirt) [Video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXzq1O9rrc) 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.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJOLwy7un3U) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/6 "2007-12-25T10:22:46Z")
“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…” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/7 "2007-12-25T10:25:53Z")
Blue Suede Shoes - by some annoying guy. Leave Your Hat On - by some even more annoying old guy. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/8 "2007-12-25T10:47:59Z")
_Raspberry Beret_ - Prince ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/9 "2007-12-25T13:21:02Z")
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/10 "2007-12-25T13:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] “I love my shirt” --Donovan [/QUOTE] 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” ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/11 "2007-12-25T14:09:18Z")
::: 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”? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/12 "2007-12-25T14:16:58Z")
Christmas Shoes d&r ---
**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:** [December 25, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/13 "2007-12-25T14:32:12Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/14 "2007-12-25T14:51:54Z")
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._ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/15 "2007-12-25T15:11:54Z")
Trip Shakespeare: “The Slacks” Ass Ponys: “Banlon Shirt” E: “Looking Out the Window with a Blue Hat On” ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/16 "2007-12-25T15:20:55Z")
The classic, “_I’m too Sexy_.” by Right Said Fred. I’m too sexy for my shirt! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/17 "2007-12-25T15:46:22Z")
“My Adidas” by Run DMC ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/18 "2007-12-25T15:52:57Z")
“Cinque…dieci…venti…,” the opening duettino from Mozart’s _The Marriage of Figaro_, prominently features a “charming little hat.” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/19 "2007-12-25T16:06:04Z")
Half Man Half Biscuit -[Joy Division Oven Gloves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBX0zeDDids) (crappy quality) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195/20 "2007-12-25T16:08:05Z")
“(The Angels Wanna Wear) My Red Shoes” by Elvis Costello. “Old Brown Shoe” by the Beatles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-clothes/431195.md?page=2)