This week we’re replaying some of our favorite shows about clothes and the people who wear them.

Luis Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias and his top hat. Photo via Wikicommons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conde_d%27%C3%81quila.jpg

The First Top Hat Got Its Inventor Arrested

In 1797, haberdasher John Hetherington reportedly walked onto the streets of London wearing the first top hat, which caused so much hubbub that he was arrested and fined for disturbing the peace!


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