The Decathlon brand even set up a promotion, just before October 17, on yellow vests and certain protective equipment used in demonstrations, to the point that the brand has almost become an activist brand.
Colors also have a major importance, black clothing being generally worn by black blocs, these groups of demonstrators who choose dark clothing to hide their identity as much as possible and make their identification more difficult.
Clothing constitutes a sign of belonging to a group, to a generation, to a social environment and to a political sensibility, thus serving as social and sometimes political markers.
This black color of clothing in manifestation thus remains extremely connoted, even if it is not an exact science.
At the same time, we are also observing the dissemination of advice and types of clothing to favor for safety or style reasons.
In Strasbourg, two high school students dressed in black during the October 17 mobilizations were sentenced to several months in prison for throwing projectiles at the police.
The best example remains the yellow vest, which in 2018 went from mandatory safety equipment in cars to a symbol of social mobilization.