Fashion Forum

A funny one to start off with;

In 1797, a law was passed preventing people from wearing a top hat after London haberdasher John Hetherington showed off his creation round the city.

The sight of his hat caused quite a stir and according to Mr Cawthorne "people booed, several women fainted and a small boy got his arm broken", when a crowd formed around Mr Hetherington.

The haberdasher was arrested and charged with breach of the King's peace in particular "appearing on the public highway wearing upon his head a tall structure having a shining lustre and calculated to frighten timid people".

He was found guilty and fined £50.

Cool now if we could only arrange transportation for people who wear Stevie.

They did Allan, that's the problem.

Set & Match... Sir I applaud you.

i'd love to learn more about the history of fashion..
i was reading a few weeks ago in the SMH.. this article contrasted the muslim woman being perceived as a lower class if she wore the scarf by western society to victorias secret models.. the writer's point i believe was.. how free are today's youth being influenced by mass media & fashion trends in choosing what to wear?
the author is somewhat credible because she says she's travelled a lot & had many conversations with leaders of the islamic faith & muslim women..
what stayed with me is this.. she writes that although women in scarves appear reserved and asocial that inside their homes they gossip and i think she compares them to the 4 characters in sex & the city if i'm not mistaken.. and she even writes that one's sex life is intesified when being hidden under a scarf because of the thrill of revealing yourself to only one man..

im obviously a fashionist! my question would be.. do boys think that just because we dress like wannabe victorias secret models that we're not "worth" what i concealed woman supposedly is?? hmmmm

Not at all. In a modern Western culture you're "worth" far more.

Simply, no.

If you want to get more complicated, not every piece of Western dress isn't structured around revealing as much flesh as possible and judging the "worth" of a person by how much flesh they're choosing to reveal is ridiculous.