Ah, as the great Bard said, the apparel oft proclaims the man. [Pause.] Or woman, I imagine. Fillies garb themselves in clothing as well and it would be a dashed peculiar thing for the apparel of one to proclaim whatsits and the apparel of the other to rest silent.

What it is about the man--or woman--that the apparel proclaims, I've never been quite sure, only that it is very important for it to proclaim it and proclaim it well.