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The cardigan is named after the Earl of Cardigan, a British commander whose troops wore knitted wool jackets during the Crimean War.
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leggingsFind to reveal
Leggings began as separate coverings for each leg, worn by soldiers and laborers for warmth long before they became stretchy modern sportswear.
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Pants is short for pantaloons, whose name came from a comic stage character famous for wearing long trousers.
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Japanese homes often have separate slippers for the toilet, so the footwear that enters the bathroom stays out of other rooms.
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In 1920, Americans formed overalls clubs and wore work clothes to protest high clothing prices, turning practical garments into a public statement.
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The sweater earned its name in the 1890s gym, when athletes wore heavy wool knits on purpose to sweat off extra weight.
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Ancient Egyptians sometimes painted images of enemies on the soles of their sandals, so they trampled their foes with every step.
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Mittens keep hands warmer than gloves because the fingers share one pocket and warm each other instead of being separated.
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The word pajamas comes from a Persian phrase meaning leg garment, light loose trousers brought to the West from South Asia.
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A tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York, where the short dinner jacket became fashionable in the 1880s.
True stories · Kansas City, Missouri
Knitting on the run
In Kansas City, Missouri, art professor David Babcock ran a full marathon while knitting a scarf the entire way. He worked with plastic knitting needles for more than five and a half hours, finishing the race with a scarf over twelve feet long trailing behind him. The feat set a Guinness World Record for the longest scarf knitted while running a marathon. Babcock did it to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's research, a cause close to his family. A marathon already asks a great deal of the legs; Babcock gave his hands a job as well.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.
Mark Twain
Trivia
The word denim is commonly traced to serge de Nimes. Which French city is named in that phrase?
Nimes (from serge de Nimes).
On a man's dress shirt, the buttons are usually on the right; on a woman's blouse they are usually on which side?
The left.
The cravat, the ancestor of the necktie, took its name from soldiers of which country who wore knotted neckcloths?
Croatia.
What stretchy synthetic fiber has a name that is an anagram of expands?
Spandex (an anagram of expands).
Cavalry riders in which region wore heels to help keep their feet in stirrups?
Persia (modern Iran).
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The word denim is commonly traced to serge de Nimes. Which French city is named in that phrase?
Nimes (from serge de Nimes).
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True stories · Paris, France
The tie that named itself
In the 1600s, Croatian soldiers serving in France wore knotted cloths around their necks as a distinctive uniform decoration. The neckwear became a fashion beyond the military. The style caught on at the royal court, and the French began calling it la cravate, a word drawn from the name Croat. From that small military habit grew centuries of neckties, bow ties, and ascots worn around the world. Today Croatia celebrates Cravat Day every October 18, and ceremonial guards have decorated statues in Zagreb with red cravats during celebrations, a cheerful nod to a wardrobe staple with a Croatian connection.
Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
Coco Chanel
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Sources: Knitting runner sets marathon scarf record (NPR) · History of the cravat / necktie (Britannica) · Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis blue jeans patent, 1873 (History.com) · 1,700-year-old Egyptian sock (Smithsonian)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.