OUTFITS THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY GET YOU FINED OR JAILED

Fashion is supposed to be freedom; your style, your rules. But apparently, some places didn't get the memo. And no, we're not talking about the usual sustainability or consumer protection laws that most fashion brands ignore anyway. These are real, literal laws, the kind where you can get fined like a DUI for wearing the wrong thing. Of course, some rules make sense, like not wearing bikinis to a place of worship or mini skirts at a funeral.

- By Ananya Abeygunasekera

But it's not like there aren't some laws out there that are just downright weird. For example, in Minnesota, it's illegal for a woman to cut her hair without her husband's permission. And in Milan, Italy, you can't frown, unless you're at a hospital or attending a funeral. Bizarre? Totally. Real? Unfortunately, yes. But why laws on fashion? Being told what to wear by your parents is already bad enough, being fined a couple hundred bucks for it is something else entirely. Who knew fashion could actually get you in trouble with the law?

The World's Most Bizarre Fashion Laws

Castellammare di Stabia, Italy: Miniskirts were banned to "restore urban decorum." Fines went up to $695, literal fashion policing.

Fargo, North Dakota: Wearing a hat while dancing can technically land you in jail. Umm, huh?

Paris, France: Until 2013, women couldn't legally wear trousers. Feminism in its prime era.

South Dakota, USA: Horses can't enter Fountain Inn unless they're wearing pants. First off, how would that even work; do they make horse pants there?