Comments on: 6 Articles of Clothing That Caused Riots

By: MetFanMac

MetFanMac — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:27:53 +0000

His crime was “appearing on the public highway wearing upon his head a tall structure having a shining lustre and *calculated to frighten timid people*”???

Well, it’s official: 18th-century Londoners were a bunch of pansies.

By: xanderjones

xanderjones — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:06:41 +0000

Weredingo me too, other than the fact they did an entire article on it before.

By: Weredingo

Weredingo — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:57:05 +0000

I too am baffled by the lack of zoot suit love in this list.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:16:35 +0000

I never thought of hats as being so upsetting…

By: hockeyzombie

hockeyzombie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:13:27 +0000

@kelz I’m with you. I hate popped collars, unless your Dracula, then it’s ok.

By: Dr. Jones

Dr. Jones — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:23:01 +0000

“It’s also the title of an album by the British New Wave group Squeeze.”

It’s also the title of a song by Cocksparrer.

It comes from the Scottish “argle-bargle”.
Argle was coined as sort of a cross between argue and haggle, and bargle was a nonsense word added simply because it rhymed.

By: Sara P

Sara P — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:33:54 +0000

@the creature, hats were actually worn out in public by both men and women for centuries. No proper man would be seen not wearing one until JFK became president and went without one. So just like our No White After Labor Day “rule” there were fashion rules pertaining to hats as well.

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:25:50 +0000

Kate, your aunt is almost certainly pulling your leg. There is no record of a large scale riot related to bra-burning, as there really was no bra burning. It was a hoax/myth/exaggeration. See my web link for the snopes entry.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:24:01 +0000

We should have rioted over parachute pants.

By: Canuckucklehead

Canuckucklehead — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:06:05 +0000

No zoot suit riots ?