History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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It's no secret that history is filled with relatively arbitrary fashion rules, fads and faux pas -- and what may be hot stuff in one era often ends up being seen as cringeworthy in later years. But how ridiculous does clothing of yesteryear get? In part one of this week's special two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max welcome their returning guest, the legendary author and podcaster AJ "Bahamas" Jacobs as he breaks down some of history's most ridiculous fashion trends -- beginning, of course, with some of history's most bizarre hats.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.5	Thank you, as always, so much for tuning it.
0:32.6	Let's, this is a special one for us,
0:34.7	Noel, let's start by, as always,
0:36.9	commending our super producer, Mr. Max, Tallyho Williams.
0:40.9	That's Mr. Noel Brown.
0:44.0	I don't have a tricorn hat on, though.
0:47.1	Most people don't, I think, statistically.
0:50.1	I guess that's true.
0:51.0	That may be a fad that has temporarily waned.
0:55.6	I am Ben Bullitt, and, you and I were talking a while back about some of our favorite guests.
1:03.4	We were talking about some of our favorite things to explore, and one name kept popping up.
1:10.2	And Max, you were talking with us about this as well.
1:13.4	It is the legendary, the infamous, A.J. Bahamas, Jacobs, as the FBI is wont to call him.
1:21.3	I don't understand.
1:22.6	And neither do you, AJ.
1:24.1	And neither will you, ridiculous historians.
1:26.2	But that's okay, because that's what makes a really good mysterious nickname.
1:30.2	Have you been to the Bahamas?
1:31.6	I have been to the Bahamas.
1:32.9	Okay. Well, that's it.
1:34.5	I don't want to say any more of what I did there.
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