Remember who commended thy yellow stockings, and wished to see thee ever cross-gartered.
– William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 5. Reading from a letter, Malvolio learns how his employer Olivia would like him to wear yellow stockings and cross-gartering as proof of his love for her. Except Olivia never wrote the letter, but another servant Maria did to make him look foolish in his outrageous, bizarre garb.