# When did people start dressing up their dogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-dressing-up-their-dogs/741999 "2016-01-02T16:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-dressing-up-their-dogs/741999/1 "2016-01-02T16:37:12Z")
So when did Fifi start wearing a dress and Fido get his sports jersey? What decade did the fad of putting clothes on your dog start? I’m not talking jackets/coats that keep the animal warm, I’m talking frivolous stuff like some of the stuff on this site. [http://www.poshpuppyboutique.com/Dog\_Apparel\_s/4.htm](http://www.poshpuppyboutique.com/Dog_Apparel_s/4.htm) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-dressing-up-their-dogs/741999/2 "2016-01-02T16:44:01Z")
[It all started in 1959.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Indecency_to_Naked_Animals) ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-dressing-up-their-dogs/741999/3 "2016-01-02T16:45:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [It all started in 1959.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Indecency_to_Naked_Animals) That sounds like something from the **18** 50s not the 1950s!:eek: