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[Holbytlass]

Originally Posted by Lalwende

- he'd have been like a particularly ugly supermodel wandering about dithering in the cold without any breeks.

He was! Didn't you see his picture in Crazy Captions donning Lara Flynn Boyle's tutu outfit?

Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

I think the loin cloth was merely to keep gollum "decent"

I agree with this, personally I think Gollum wore nothing at all. Years of caring for nothing but his precious and living in such a hostile environment I imagine his body to be very calloused. Even if his body felt cold, I think he didn't care or acknowledged the sensation.
Tolkien, being the storyteller, put him in clothes to make him decent.