Are recent fashion trends just getting copied from Doctor Who?

[Grummgug]

I noticed it first in the late 1990s.

1. The Third Doctor: The velvet jacket

http://beyondthemarquee.com/wp-conte...on-Pertwee.jpg

These things got revived big time in the late 1990s. I partly blame it on Austin Powers ripping off / paying homage to Pertwee's entire look.

http://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/817/m...91d4adb8df.jpg

Ok, so this is where it starts getting weird...

2. The Fourth Doctor: The Incredibly Long Scarf

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egHmVRgPCT...+season+12.jpg

A few years later, Harry Potter books get really popular and the signature look is...a really long scarf....

http://www.cinereplicas.fr/images/fi...y-potter2.jpeg

3. The Fifth Doctor: The Sweater / Sweater Vest

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...fth_Doctor.jpg

Here's Lebron James wearing a Sweater Vest with practically the same pattern....

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/i...5eb1ba9a/l.jpg

4. The Sixth Doctor: Clown Shoes

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...RiXEhUNFMBcOJt

Its difficult to get a good photo of the Sixth Doctor's clown shoes. But basically think bright neon wingtips.

Speaking of which....guess what is gaining in popularity lately...

http://l4.zassets.com/images/z/2/3/9...-MULTIVIEW.jpg

So, what did the 7th doctor wear? What is coming next?

PAISLEY!!! Lots and lots of PAISLEY!!!

http://www.classicdoctorwhoprops.com...ll_Website.jpg

Paisley tie. Paisley scarf. Paisley hankerchief. Paisley band on his hat.

http://www.classicdoctorwhoprops.com...ck_Sylv_26.jpg

Let's see if it happens again. Will paisley become wildly popular in a couple of years???

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[Schmiggy]

Please tell me this is a joke..

Long scarves have pre-existed Doctor Who, and the long scarves are in no way courtesy of DW..

The style of the sweater and pattern you linked has been around since about as long as the invention of tennis and cricket.

[Dezerte]

Please tell me this is a joke..

Hard to tell when it's Grummgug threads.

[Deleted]

Quoting epic rap battles of history:
I don't know what's lamer, your fans or your special effects

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDj7gvc...%3DxDj7gvc_dsA

[Cybran]

I really hate dr Who and I will never watch it, because he wears a fez.

[Deleted]

I really hate dr Who and I will never watch it, because he wears a fez.

Also because it sucks

[Immitis]

Also because it sucks

i am holding back the urge to say things that would get me banned O-O

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For a couple of minutes in one episode

3 episodes :P the pandorica was a two parter and he wears one briefly in the series 6 opener in a movie

[Reeve]

Is the girl in the first pic holding a penis?

[Payday]

Is the girl in the first pic holding a penis?

That's what penises will look like when the rest of us catch on and copy the trend.

[Symphonic]

A few years later, Harry Potter books get really popular and the signature look is...a really long scarf....

This made me laugh. The signature look of the harry potter series are... long scarves? Stretching, my friend.

[dalch]

Yes. Didn't you know? We all walked around naked before Dr Who invented clothes.

[Masark]

Please tell me this is a joke..

Long scarves have pre-existed Doctor Who, and the long scarves are in no way courtesy of DW..

The style of the sweater and pattern you linked has been around since about as long as the invention of tennis and cricket.

Yes, but the existence is something doesn't mean it's trendy.

[mvaliz]

Speaking as a lifelong Doctor Who fan for over 30 years since the early 80s, all I have to say is this in response:

4. The Sixth Doctor: Clown Shoes

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...RiXEhUNFMBcOJt

If you interview 500 or a 1000 Doctor Who fans who grew up in the 80s and ask them what are the top 10 things that define Colin Baker's 6th Doctor... I guarantee you that none of them will say "it's his shoes".

His coat alone has done a magnificent job in driving away ANY attention away from those shoes, as well as most of the plotlines as well. Nevermind his character's horribly-written personality and the poor writing.

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3. The Fifth Doctor: The Sweater / Sweater Vest

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...fth_Doctor.jpg

The Fifth Doctor is wearing an English cricketing outfit/uniform. It's the equivalent of having a character in an American walking around in either a baseball uniform or a Poloing outfit.

[TheTaurenOrc]

Apophenia:the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data.

[Adam Jensen]

I wear a fez and a bowtie all the time now.

[Ravenblade]

I liked the 10th doctor's glasses more. The fez and bowtie thing were a bit weird to me me.

[Reeve]

Speaking as a lifelong Doctor Who fan for over 30 years since the early 80s, all I have to say is this in response:



If you interview 500 or a 1000 Doctor Who fans who grew up in the 80s and ask them what are the top 10 things that define Colin Baker's 6th Doctor... I guarantee you that none of them will say "it's his shoes".

David Tennant was probably better known for his shoes.

[Zangeiti]

Just because someone wares something that looks similar dosent mean their copying. That means everyone would be copying each other

[Grummgug]

Please tell me this is a joke..

Of course its a joke. You think fashion is seriously following Doctor Who? I just thought it was a funny observation.

[Masark]

You think fashion is seriously following Doctor Who?

Well, it's been one of the most popular shows in the UK for something like 50 years, so stranger things happen.