Trivia: The film is a remake of Shakespeare's comedy play "The Taming of the Shrew".
Trivia: The red Dodge Dart GT Kat Stratford [Julia Stiles] drives actually belonged to Heath Ledger.
Trivia: Larisa Oleynik auditioned for both Kat and Bianca. She even dyed her hair pink to show that she could portray the punk sensibilities of Kat, only to be told she would need to bleach it out.
Trivia: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik also played a couple on 3rd Rock from the Sun around the same time this film was released.
Trivia: Larisa Oleynik became so fond of Heath Ledger while making this film that his death in 2008 left her feeling too hurt to even talk about him anecdotally.
Answer: They are a clothing brand, long associated with the 'preppie' type and society's upper crust. Until the emergence of Polo in the mid 80's, 'Izod' (and their alligator logo) was virtually synonymous with 'knit golf shirt.' If one aspires to the silly conventions of wearing such labels for their status, one would never buy them from an outlet mall, only an exclusive high-dollar retailer.
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