CLOTHING TRIVIA

THE FIRST DESIGNER LOGO WAS THE

LACOSTE CROCODILE IN 1933.

VICTORIAN COLLARS WERE SO TIGHT THAT SOME

PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIED FROM WEARING THEM.

WOMEN ON THE OTHER HAND WOULD DRENCH

THEMSELVES IN WATER BEFORE PUTTING ON

THEIR DRESSES SO THAT THEY WOULD FIT AS TIGHTLY

AS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY THIS LED TO MANY

DEATHS DUE TO PNEUMONIA.

CORSETS WERE SO TIGHT THAT THEY ACTUALLY

SERVED AS AN APPETITE SUPPRESSANT

AN AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN WILL SPEND

$125,000 ON CLOTHES DURING HER LIFE

MEN'S SHIRTS HAVE BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT WHILE

WOMEN'S SHIRTS HAVE BUTTONS ON THE LEFT

IN THE ARAB WORLD SHOES ARE CONSIDERED DIRTY

AND IT IS CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE TO SHOW THE SOLES.

PERHAPS NOT SURPRISINGLY, THROWING YOUR SHOE AT

SOMEONE IS ONE OF THE WORST INSULTS IMAGINABLE.

THE YKK ON ALL YOUR ZIPPERS STANDS FOR

YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKIKAISHA, THE COMPANY

THAT MAKES ALMOST EVERY ZIPPER IN THE WORLD