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I am your most amazing host Rebecca Felgate and today we are talking about fashuuuuun.
Fashion.
It’s a weird concept if you really think about it… although, there are some pieces
of fashion that are so extreme they have been outlawed!
Join us as we talk about the Top 10 Illegal Fashion Items.
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OKAY banned fashion!
Lets start with an item I am wearing today – we have the humble legging!
I am fully on board with a legging, but a few places that aren’t include India, some
Californian Schools and of course, United Airlines.
Leggings are okay in some areas of India, but by and large not in educational institutions
– even in the United States, in February 2015, a bill was proposed by Republican David
Moore that throw some shade at leggings for being to provocative.
Weird.
Leggings are one thing, but banning trousers is pretty ridiculous at number 9.
So, some of you may not know this – but wearing trousers was illegal in the French
capital of Paris up until as recently as 2013!
That is pretty insane!
The law banning trousers was enforced in 1799 and stayed in play for over two hundred years,
although there was briefly a loophole in the early 1900s that said a women could wear the
illegal clothing if she is, and I quote, holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse.
Riiiiight.
No one actually abided by the law since around the 1960s, so really removing it was just
a matter of formality.
We may laugh at the Parisian story, but women are still not allowed to wear trousers in
North Korea, Sudan and many other places in the middle east.
Right, so no trousers for women then.
What about skirts?
Well, they’re okay so long as they’re the right length… as in Uganda, the mini
skirt is outlawed.
Uganda has strict definitions as to what is decent and what is not for both male and female
clothing.
Whilst men must have well groomed short hair, women cannot wear a dress or skirt that is
above the knee.
They also aren’t allowed bright coloured hair or long nails.
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bill would make it illegal for people to expose their underwear whilst wearing trousers and
would be punishable with a 25 dollar initial fine, rising to 75 dollars for repeat offenders.
6 – Nail Polish Nail Polish is not sold in Islamic countries
because it is not halal.
Its definition as non halal comes because it acts as a barrier in pre-prayer ritual
during which followers of the faith wash their bodies.
As Muslims pray 5 times a day, it just isn’t practical to wear nail varnish, which would
need to be removed ahead of prayers to make the Wudu ritual possible.
Totally understandable at number 5 we have Ivory Jewellery
Ivory is illegal in most parts of the Western World these days.
Poaching for ivory has been banned a long time, but these days governments are cracking
down on pre-existing antique ivory.
Ivory is the substance that comes from elephant tusks in was a popular fashion item in the
1800 and early 1900s.
To be honest, I would never want to wear anything that came from an elephant…
it is pretty disgusting and cruel.
Similar at number 4 – something that was the height of fashion 100 or so years back
but is now illegal in a number of countries, we have fur
Fur used to be a practical answer to staying warm, but these days we don’t need it, we
have other technology to generate thermal clothing.
Of course, fur became more than just a way to stay warm; it became a fashion staple,
especially in the Hollywood Golden era; it was seen as very glamourous.
Whilst the jury is still out on vintage fur, fur production is illegal in the United Kingdom,
German, the Czech Republic, Japan, The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and now Norway.
Good.
Bringing it back to the slightly crazy, we have shorts at number 3
In Qatar, neither men or women can wear shorts, and whilst I personally am pro shorts, I am
at least glad that the banning of shorts is applied to both genders here….so far on
this list a lot of the illegal fashion items have been pretty heavily aimed at reducing
female options.
Qatar also wants tourists to cover up and ditch the shorts too.
They aren’t the only nation to be against freeing the knee, the United Arab Emirates
will requires women to cover their arms and knees in public spaces…women though.
FREE THE KNEE.
2 – Veils Whilst religious clothing isn’t exactly
the same thing as fashion items, you couldn’t even wear a veil for aesthetic purposes even
if you wanted to in France, as the were made illegal in 2011 and was upheld by the European
Court of Human rights.
The move was made to encourage integration with Western values but certainly caused a
stir.
The decision from then French Prime Minister Francois Fillon was later echoed across other
European countries.
1 – Yellow Clothes In Malaysia, wearing yellow can land you in
jail.
The colour has become synonymous with an anti government movement that is fighting for democracy
and human rights.
It isn’t just Malaysia other, Catalonia in Spain is has caused a stir with the colour,
which has become a symbol of the separatist movement, much to the chargrin of the Spanish
Government.
So, religious, ethical and political motivations here….. do any of you guys agree with the
bans on these items of clothing, or do you think, like me, that people should be free
to wear what they want?
Is it really the government’s job to decide what clothes we wear?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below – be sure to tell me your
opinion on Saggy Pants!
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