Bad: Hat

When spotted, the cry arose like a "war-whoop" from hundreds of throats. The wearer, overwhelmed by the public ridicule, often had to buy a new hat immediately, even if they couldn't afford it.

A formal hat worn with gym clothes, or vice-versa. bad hat

"It was a way of enforcing a certain level of appearance," says cultural historian Dr. Elaine Smyth. "By focusing on the hat—the highest, most visible part of the person—the crowd was asserting a shared, albeit cruel, standard of propriety." When spotted, the cry arose like a "war-whoop"