How to Dress for Cycling, 1896

"Modesty is becoming at all times, and especially upon a bicycle... A prominent physician advises women cyclists to wear woolen clothing, the head covering light, low shoes, leggings, and no corsets... The Alpine hat is considered the proper head-gear for women. Men should wear a short loose-fitting sack coat of some light woolen material, with knickerbockers to match, woolen stockings, cap, low shoes and a negligee shirt, or if the day is cold, a sweater." 

John Wesley Hanson, Etiquette and Bicycling for 1896 (1896)

Ladies, grab your Alpine hats! Men, don your negligee shirts! Your next cycling adventure is sure to be modest thanks to this physician-approved costume advice.

How to Choose a Cravat, 1828

"Although coloured Cravats are made of more costly materials than those which are entirely plain, it is most clearly laid down, as a rule in the laws of taste, that they can only be admitted as undress costume... they are entirely prohibited in evening parties." 

H. Le Blanc, The Art of Tying the Cravat (1828)

It's always mortifying when someone shows up to a party wearing a colored cravat. So tawdry!