Mental_floss blog has a very entertaining post about the 10 strange fashion of yore. This one to the left is the motoring hood, which people used to wear to go driving!
Other gems include a steel collar (gorget), transparent ruffles (which exposes quite a bit of the wearer's chest), lovelock and pattens (strange,
strange precursor of the high heel): Link
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Never forget the Codpiece!
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woohoo..lovelocks!!!
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I would have preferred some references and illustrations.
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Looks like what they used to wear for drive-by shootings on the Model T.
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