Sometimes the ban is for political reasons and sometimes the reason is just plain silly.
Here is a look at some of the most controversial trends in history that have been subject to banning.
Pants
Women wearing pants is a fairly recent development in the history of fashion.
In 1939,Voguebegan showcasing women wearing pants, spurring the growth of thestylefurther.
Also helping popularize the look was actress Katherine Hepburn.
Universities were allowed to prohibit female students from wearing pants until 1972.
There were rules until 1993 prohibiting women from wearing pantson the floor of the U.S. Senate.
They then passed the act, which made it illegal to wear tartans, along with other traditional clothing.
The ban on tartans remained in place until 1782.
The Battle of Culloden marked the end of the last major uprising.
The law governed what people ate and wore.
The law also regulated the wearing of the color purple, which was reserved for royals.
This law recalled ancient Roman law which alsoforbade the general population from wearing purple.
Romans who violated the decree were subject to the death penalty.
Purple dye was notoriously difficult and expensive to produce for much of history.
They were so beautiful that they were even worked into metal jewelry in an art form known as tian-tsui.
Kingfisher feathers were also woven into headdresses that were worn by noblewomen at weddings and special occasions.
During the Ming dynasty, austerity measures were put into place.
Many goods during this era were prohibited to the average citizen.
Among them were gold thread and certain fabrics and patterns.
Even after austerity measures were relaxed, kingfisher feathers still remained the privilege of the highest classes of society.
Shorts
Whowears short shorts?
In 1938, Honesdale, Penn.
Offenders could be fined $25 or imprisoned for 25 days.
The battle against shorts continued on.
Instead, it was a war that helped reshape women’s shape wear.
During WWI, there was a shortage of metal.
Within a few years, corsets were mostlyreplaced by the modern bra.
Thelook became popular in the 1970sas a way of keeping hair in place and frizz-free.
She continued, “And they can recede your hairline.
That’s not setting you up for success.”
“Whatever helps their emancipation, however small it may seem, is well worth while.”
Not everyone was on board with women declaring their emancipation.
Many schools even banned young women from cutting off their hair.
Western hairstyles
In Iran, hairstyles are often even more restrictive than in the United States.
There, western hairstyles have beenbanned since 2010as they are thought by some people to be anti-Islamic.
Banned hairstyles include the mullet and the ponytail.
Tattoos, solarium treatments and plucking eyebrows [for men] are also forbidden."
High heels
High heels might be stylish, but they aren’t exactly comfortable.
High heel fans aren’t so lucky in Greece.
In 2009, officialsbanned high heelsfrom being worn at ancient sites because of the damage the shoes can cause.
In some cases, high heel bans have been about preventing women from being forced to wear high heels.
The Philippines passed a similar law in 2017, prohibiting companies fromrequiring women to wear high heelsto work.
Leggings have been around for decades, but hatred for them didn’t reach ban-worthy levels until the 2010s.
A lot of the hatred for leggings can be chalked up to the patriarchy.
Some people are concerned that the shape-revealing clothes can be too enticing.
White had attended church services at the university and was scandalized by young women wearing leggings as pants.
In 2012, a school in Canadabanned leggings on campus.
Other towns and cities across the country quickly followed suit.
“It’s not right,” Eugene Williams, the town’s mayor, told theChicago Tribune.
“It’s ugly and stupid.
Can’t you respect my little kid or my mother when you’re out?
That same year, public buses in Fort Worth, Texas beganturning away passengers wearing sagging pants.
The fight against the trend is ongoing.
In 2018, South Carolina lawmakersproposed a bill to outlaw the trend.
While the man’s death wasruled a suicide, the incident led todemands to repeal the ban.
In June 2019, the banwas repealed.
JoJo bows
As far as fashion trends go, hair bows seem innocent enough.
Siwa eventually came out with her own line of hair bowsdubbed “JoJo Bows.”
The banbaffled many parents, but Siwa herself urged her fans to follow their school dress codes.
she toldThe Sydney Morning Herald.
It’s not the provocative nature of the garments themselves that these countries have a problem with.
Instead, the ban isa safety measurethat was put in place in 2014.
Under these measures, clothing that comes in contact with skin must contain at least 6 percent cotton.
Several people were even detained in Kazakhstan afterpublicly protesting the restriction.
