Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any city that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary bathing garb, shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.” – KRS 436.140 (Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1974)

One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place.

Face masks may not be worn in public.

This may have to do with Alabama’s racist history and the public display of Ku Klux Klan outfits.

Males may not dress as a female unless a special permit is obtained from the sheriff.

17-31 Male dressing as female. No man or boy shall dress as a girl or woman without a permit from the sheriff, except for the purpose of amusement, show or drama. (Code 1959, § 4237.1)

Tucson

Women are forbidden from wearing pants in public.

In the nineteenth century, it was a misdemeanor offense in Tucson for a person to appear in public in the dress “not of his or her sex.” The question is, would it be worse for a woman to be in pants, or NO pants?!?

United Kingdom

Any whale washed up on the shore is the property of the Queen, so she can use its bones for her corset.

The head of said whale, however, belongs to the King. This law dates back to 1307. The original law read something along the lines of “The King shall have throughout the realm, whales and great sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm, except in certain places privileged by the King.”

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