I think it's really the part that's dangerous, not the clothes. The clothes are just part of the part, so to speak. They bring the narrator to a convenient place to mention the danger to Fatty, in case we hadn't thought of it.
After all, Tolkien doesn't say "Little did they think how dangerous those clothes might prove." [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
--Belin Ibaimendi
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