# \#fashion-clothing **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/fashion-clothing/70.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Mycelium belt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mycelium-belt/1031577)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mycelium-belt/1031577 "2026-07-13T02:30:33Z")
I’m in need of a new belt, my current belt looking like it’ll break at the point it buckles. So I decided to find the most Earth-friendly leather-substitute. That seems to be mycelium, a material made from mushrooms. OK,… --- ## [Talk to me about mustache wax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-mustache-wax/1031227)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-mustache-wax/1031227 "2026-06-30T11:46:11Z")
I’ve been growing my facial hair since 2022, and if I do say so myself, I’ve got a pretty impressive beard nowadays. I keep it in a braid so when I clip a walkie talkie to my collar at work, the whiskers don’t get stuck … --- ## [I want this shirt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-this-shirt/1029690)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-this-shirt/1029690 "2026-05-01T22:39:12Z")
Huh. It looks like it won’t load directly, so I’ll just tell y’all what you’ll see if you click the link. It’s a picture of Sean Astin wearing his Twoflower costume from Th… --- ## [Looking for the last Stephen Colbert shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542 "2026-04-25T04:15:41Z")
The are 8 billion and 3 companies selling the “official” The Last Show With Stephen Colbert shirt, and I would like to know which one is legit. --- ## [What does "chickadee" mean (in terms of clothes/fashion)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-chickadee-mean-in-terms-of-clothes-fashion/1029129)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-chickadee-mean-in-terms-of-clothes-fashion/1029129 "2026-04-21T22:26:22Z")
Came across this sentence, presented here context-free. What is meant by “chickadees”? I know what’s meant by pastels, Hyannis Port, and yacht-club-coded. Chickadee means nothing to me, except the little bird. if \[this… --- ## [Where are all the naked dresses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-naked-dresses/1029426 "2026-04-21T21:05:42Z")
On various news sites I keep seeing stories about the latest actress or influencer wearing a naked dress or outfit to some gala or other. The stories usually have a blurred image or one covered with a a black bar. Wher… --- ## [What would you call this hat that Basil Rathbone is wearing as Sherlock Holmes (not the deer-stalker)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-this-hat-that-basil-rathbone-is-wearing-as-sherlock-holmes-not-the-deer-stalker/1029132)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-this-hat-that-basil-rathbone-is-wearing-as-sherlock-holmes-not-the-deer-stalker/1029132 "2026-04-15T19:20:44Z")
In his first two or three Holmes films, Rathbone wore the deer-stalker a lot, I think. But in later films, where they were emphasizing the current-day time frame rather than Victoriana, he was wearing this hat. To me … --- ## [Something New -- Autism T-shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-new-autism-t-shirts/1028573)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-new-autism-t-shirts/1028573 "2026-03-23T13:27:35Z")
Last night I stopped in a Spencer’s Gift Store, something I hadn’t done in a while. I noticed something I’d never seen before – T-shirts celebrating Autism. I’m not talking about “autism Awareness” shirts, or T-shirts a… --- ## [Fur trim on clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-trim-on-clothes/1025071)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-trim-on-clothes/1025071 "2025-11-25T01:45:07Z")
With the Christmas season almost upon us, it occurred to me to wonder about depictions of Saint Nicholas/ Father Christmas, and the use of fur trim on coats. What exactly is the design purpose of putting a trim at the en… --- ## [Are baseball caps universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-baseball-caps-universal/1022282)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-baseball-caps-universal/1022282 "2025-09-16T05:53:12Z")
I just saw a photo of Trump showing his “MAGA hat” collection to some European leaders. It made me think - are baseball caps (the style, not caps with actual baseball team logos on them) universal around the world? Wher… --- ## [Do adult women wear capelets (AI warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162 "2025-07-22T23:00:33Z")
I’ve oft seen younger girls (viz, pre-adolescent) wear garments like this. \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Men in sandals and long jeans/pants , yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-sandals-and-long-jeans-pants-yay-or-nay/966911)
**Author:** [@spartan203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spartan203)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-sandals-and-long-jeans-pants-yay-or-nay/966911 "2025-06-30T20:52:41Z")
Hey there!:slight\_smile: what do you think of this combination on a guy? I find it very comfortable but it seems like very few men wear sandals with their jeans, khakis or linen pants, women do it more often. If you like… --- ## [So... how are men supposed to look for "business casual" shirts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-are-men-supposed-to-look-for-business-casual-shirts/1019430)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-are-men-supposed-to-look-for-business-casual-shirts/1019430 "2025-06-19T13:04:33Z")
It’s a bit embarrassing to ask this… but, uh, how do I shop for everyday shirts that aren’t just t-shirts? (I don’t know all the different clothing vocabulary, sorry, maybe “business casual”?) As a working-class millenni… --- ## [Izod Lacoste polo shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izod-lacoste-polo-shirts/1016811)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izod-lacoste-polo-shirts/1016811 "2025-05-07T03:53:24Z")
We’re watching The Killing (1956), and one of the characters is wearing an Izod Lacoste polo shirt with the crocodile on the tit. Have you ever had one of these shirts? (I’d make a poll, but I don’t know how to.) I ha… --- ## [What counts as clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-clothing/1017054)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-clothing/1017054 "2025-04-20T13:17:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Cloned humans raised without parents. They grow to do?: Starting a separate thread as I think it an interesting aside but off the main subject of the other thread: What counts as clothing… --- ## [Anonymous clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394 "2025-02-26T02:41:51Z")
@Dung\_Beetle opened a thread today on “Your attention-getting clothes.” I have a small number of what I call “graphic tees” but I actually hate wearing anything that attracts attention so I almost never wear them. I also… --- ## [Your attention-getting clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attention-getting-clothes/1014390)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attention-getting-clothes/1014390 "2025-02-23T13:03:10Z")
Do you have any garments that draw the eyeballs or invite commentary from strangers? Now obviously any of us may have access to some silly costume. No, I’m talking about items you wear regularly, that for some reason a… --- ## [Is there a way to 'de-stretch' a crocheted piece of clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-de-stretch-a-crocheted-piece-of-clothing/1014651)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-de-stretch-a-crocheted-piece-of-clothing/1014651 "2025-02-22T12:22:18Z")
I have a hat that’s special to me. It’s the last thing my mother made for me before she died, over 25 years ago. Objectively it’s nothing special. It’s pretty much a round disk, mostly of double crochet stitches that … --- ## [Most unusual Halloween costume that you have ever worn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-halloween-costume-that-you-have-ever-worn/1009275)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-halloween-costume-that-you-have-ever-worn/1009275 "2024-11-06T21:33:05Z")
I wore a Betsy Ross costume, because I wanted one from the dime store (what we called the Five and Ten) for some reason. It included a plastic face mask. I remember nothing else about it except that I must have been carr… --- ## [Trope: overalls or suspenders worn with one strap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806 "2024-08-17T21:09:12Z")
This trope seems to be invoked when showcasing rural slovenly yahoos; Wreck-It Ralph is the most recent example that comes to mind. Is it just to suggest a general lack of sartorial neatness or is there some legitimate r… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Prosthetic eyeball optical illusion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606 "2024-06-12T03:07:59Z")
Here goes: In a crazy physics thingy, my eyeball got damaged. The fake one. The real one is ok. Oh, sorry yeah I have a missing eyeball. (Car wreck, long story) I can tell you the whole story of the broken fake eyebal… --- ## [What Does/Did 'Tiger Beat' (tween girls' magazine that was big in the 70s and 80s) Have To Do With Tigers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-did-tiger-beat-tween-girls-magazine-that-was-big-in-the-70s-and-80s-have-to-do-with-tigers/1001631)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-did-tiger-beat-tween-girls-magazine-that-was-big-in-the-70s-and-80s-have-to-do-with-tigers/1001631 "2024-05-20T18:49:58Z")
Tiger Beat, first in print and now online, was/is a magazine all about things that interest tween girls - fashion, cute boys, lip gloss, etc. What do tigers have to do with tween girls? --- ## [Mohair vs Merino vs Cashmere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohair-vs-merino-vs-cashmere/1001242)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohair-vs-merino-vs-cashmere/1001242 "2024-05-08T18:50:55Z")
How do these different premium wools compare? Any others I’m not aware of? --- ## [Is it possible to find which legitimate clothing retailer a ripoff label is copying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-which-legitimate-clothing-retailer-a-ripoff-label-is-copying/1000653)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-find-which-legitimate-clothing-retailer-a-ripoff-label-is-copying/1000653 "2024-04-24T07:48:48Z")
My wife sent me a link to a linen shirt a few days ago and asked if I liked it. Here it is: My answer was an enthusiastic yes. I browsed around the site a little more and saw half a dozen shirts I’d happily wear with… --- ## [Christina Aguilera upset with her daughter's clothing choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-aguilera-upset-with-her-daughters-clothing-choices/998246 "2024-03-02T03:39:45Z")
Christina Aguilera was on the Drew Barrymore Show yesterday and they started talking about the problem they’re facing policing their daughters’ fashion choices in light of how they dressed when they were younger. At one… --- ## [Interesting article today on sweatpants trend or fad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-today-on-sweatpants-trend-or-fad/998037)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-today-on-sweatpants-trend-or-fad/998037 "2024-02-28T02:37:59Z")
I came across an interesting article today on sweatpants trend or fad. I came across this interesting articles today of US cities where people like to wear most sweatpants. And shock ed some cities did not make the list… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad All by my lonesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003 "2023-11-12T02:31:47Z")
You know? Alone, by myself, no company, no attention paid to me. :face\_with\_diagonal\_mouth: Yeah. I know. I think the universe revolves around me. Til I don’t. It’s big hunting time. No guys around to make do chores. … --- ## [To what degree do you think generational titles are useful? Particularly Baby Boomers in comparison to others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-degree-do-you-think-generational-titles-are-useful-particularly-baby-boomers-in-comparison-to-others/991565)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-degree-do-you-think-generational-titles-are-useful-particularly-baby-boomers-in-comparison-to-others/991565 "2023-10-24T12:52:35Z")
This will be a pretty US-centric topic from my end, but if you want to comment on your own country, please do. I think the first thing is to acknowledge that the titles are used for grouping people are, if not stereotyp… --- ## [High fashion of the 1970s and other fashion influences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fashion-of-the-1970s-and-other-fashion-influences/991759)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fashion-of-the-1970s-and-other-fashion-influences/991759 "2023-10-19T11:57:41Z")
A while ago I was watching a lecture series on the different decades of fashion, and then got to the 1970s. This was the first decade where I really noticed the lecturer having a extreme difference of opinion of the des… --- ## [Is this a new fashion thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-fashion-thing/984675)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-fashion-thing/984675 "2023-05-29T16:04:21Z")
I’m mean, the wearing of a t shirt where it’s all untucked except for the very front. I’m only ever seen it on the tube and online, never yet in the wild. The “Jan” from Toyota sports the look in a recent commercial wher… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/fashion-clothing/70.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=fashion-clothing)