Pants, Hats and Irish Hairstyles: How Governments Control Citizens’ Attire

‘For more than a month debate regarding the burkini ban on French beaches has caused mixed reactions. Wearing clothes is a right and the ardent opponents of the ban directly draw parallels with the European Middle Ages and modern totalitarian and theocratic states.
Sputnik takes a look at various clothing bans that occurred in the twentieth century before as well, even in the democratic societies of the West. Governments have been telling people what they can or cannot wear since ancient times.’
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