PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT CLOTHING

GREEK PROSTITUTES HAD SAYINGS ETCHED INTO

THE BOTTOMS OF THEIR SHOES SUCH AS

“FOLLOW ME” TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS. APPARENTLY

PROSTITUTES IN ANCIENT GREECE HAD TO BE VERY

ATHLETIC AND WALK IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY

TO SHOW THEM OFF.

BEFORE QUEEN VICTORIA’S WHITE WEDDING,

WHITE WAS A COLOUR TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED

WITH MOURNING AND NOT HAPPY TIMES.

AFTER A STUDENT WAS SUSPENDED FOR WEARING

A T-SHIRT OF THE NU METAL BAND KORN, THE

BAND DECIDED TO “DONATE” HUNDREDS OF THEIR

SHIRTS TO THE STUDENTS OF THIS HIGH SCHOOL IN

MICHIGAN. THE STRANGE THING IS THAT POLICE

ACTUALLY HELPED TO HAND OUT THE TEES.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION (APA) PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING TO

GIVE MONEY TO SOMEONE WHOSE DRESS STYLE

RESEMBLES THEIR OWN.

ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGY THE HUMAN EYE TAKES

LONGER TO TRAVEL ACROSS PATTERNED FABRICS

AND THIS APPARENTLY MAKES THE BODY APPEAR LARGER.

BACK IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE A PERSON’S SOCIAL LEVEL

AND PROFESSION COULD BE IDENTIFIED BY THE

COLOUR OF THEIR CLOTHING. THE NOBILITY WORE RED,

PEASANTS WORE BROWN AND GREY, AND MERCHANTS,

BANKERS, AND GENTRY WORE GREEN.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AN AMERICAN WOMAN WILL

SPEND $125,000 ON CLOTHES DURING HER LIFETIME.

MORE SPECIFICALLY SHE WILL BUY ABOUT 3,000 ITEMS

WITH 271 OF THEM BEING PAIRS OF SHOES, 185 DRESSES

AND 145 BAGS.

JAMES JORDAN, FATHER OF MICHAEL JORDAN, IRONICALLY

WAS MURDERED BY A GUY WHO WAS WEARING A

MICHAEL JORDAN T-SHIRT.