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Tights
In the USSR, the first ladies tights appeared in the 1950s. It was possible to get this miracle only through terrible pull and for an unthinkable price. And our women called this piece of clothing "stocking leggings."
They brought tights from Czechoslovakia. On the label it was written: "punchohov kalgots". Actually, translated from Czech "kalgots" is general definition any pants, but "punchokhovy" - in fact, the tights themselves.
But who knew the details? The word "tights" has firmly taken root among the fair sex!
By the way, when buying tights in Czechoslovakia - do not get into trouble and remember that "tights" are in Czech women's "panties".
Why are the words "trousers" and "pants" always plural?
Because initially each leg was cut and sewn separately. Actually, they wore them separately, attaching each leg with ropes to belts or clothes. Since then, they have been called trousers - trousers in the plural. Moreover, not only in Russian, but also in many others.
Do you know when the arrows on trousers came into fashion?
Before the beginning of the era of industrial production of clothing, it never occurred to anyone to iron arrows on their pants. But in the second half of the 19th century, when huge consignments of goods were transported by sea and land from city to city, from country to country, "arrows" suddenly became fashionable. In fact, after transportation in bales, these very folds simply did not smooth out completely.
And so a new fashion was born.
Did you know that leggings were originally men's clothing?
Initially, leggings as an element formal wear worn only by the stronger sex. Leggings were sewn from elk skin - hence the name of the now fashionable tight-fitting leggings.
How to wear a kilt?
Kilt ( men's skirt Scots) are traditionally worn on the naked body. This tradition was observed especially strictly in the army regiments. In the old days, officers were required to check whether this was violated strict rule. They took a special mirror and looked under everyone's skirts. A soldier who violated the rule was obliged to take off his underwear and was subject to punishment.
Contemporaries believe that a kilt can be worn with or without underwear. But on holidays they still remember ancient traditions.
From the history of the tie
The forerunner of the tie, familiar to all contemporaries, was the armbands worn by Croatian mercenaries in the 1630s. It was a simple badge.
With the arrival of mercenaries in the French army, the fashion for neck bandages, "Croatian" or "Crovatka", soon took root in France.
The tie received its almost modern look in 1924 at the suggestion of Jesse Langsdorf. small difference that tie was that it had to be located at an angle of 45 degrees.
Interesting Facts about ties:
Ties are sewn from jacquard, silk, wool, satin. A budget option- from polyester.
There are bulletproof ties. They can withstand the onslaught of even a nine-millimeter bullet.
More than 200 million ties are produced in China every year.
Tie - the most common of all possible gifts for men.
By the way, did you know that it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make a quality tie?
Why were metal buttons sewn on in the Russian uniform? front side sleeves?
This was done by decree of Peter the Great, who thus wanted to wean Russian soldiers, people from remote villages, to wipe their mouths with their sleeves after eating and drinking. Uniforms were sewn from expensive cloth, and, thanks to the order of the emperor, soldier's clothing began to serve much longer, and the state treasury's spending on new uniforms decreased.
The descendant of what noble rich man was forced to wear the old dresses of his sisters?
Rockefeller had five children: four daughters and one son. The family constantly lived in austerity, and younger son wore out for the sisters all their clothes.
As an adult, he did not think to hide this strange fact. On the contrary, he was proud of it and always said that without saving, no one will ever become a millionaire.
Have women ever worn open-breasted dresses?
Korean women of the late 17th and early 20th centuries who wore blouses with partially or completely bare breasts. It was normal, everyday wear.
Why did noble ladies wear furs?
The fact is that the skin of the beast, trimmed or thrown over luxury dress, allowed women to at least partially avoid flea bites. Another way to deal with these annoying insects was to carry a special box with slits in which pieces of cloth soaked in blood and sticky honey or wax were placed - flea traps.
Is it possible to sew a dress out of cobwebs?
It turns out you can. Only it is very expensive. The first tailor who tried to make a masterpiece from the web was a Frenchman by origin and an inventor-inventor by character de Seu Hiler. This eccentric scientist in 1710 sewed unique gloves and socks made of "spider silk" for Louis the Fourteenth.
This is not an isolated case of sewing garments from threads woven by spiders.
A few years ago the American Museum natural history enriched with a cut of matter measuring about 3.5 square meters. m. It took 4 years of work of several dozens of workers to manufacture it, whose duties included catching golden spiders and extracting their property from carriers of valuable threads. After the removal of the cobweb, the spiders were released into the wild.
Fashion has had a huge impact on our lives. She never stood still, what was fashionable yesterday was completely tasteless tomorrow. I decided to share with you some interesting facts of this fascinating process.
1) In 1400 BC among Egyptian women it was fashionable to wear a large cone of aromatic fat on the head. The cone was worn all day, it was fragrant and flowed in drops over the body, giving the skin oily sheen and permeating clothes with fragrance.
2) In Korea during the late 17th - early 20th centuries, women as casual wear wore sweaters with a partially or fully open chest. 
3) Medieval people were not distinguished by cleanliness and washed several times in their lives. By the way, at that time they came up with the idea of making underwear from silk so that the lice rolled off and their paws could not cling to the fabric. And to muffle the unthinkable stench human body perfume was invented. But few people know that the most popular fragrances there was the smell of mash with coriander, the smell of tobacco with garlic and the smell of turpentine. 
Medieval ladies of European high society wore fur-trimmed clothes or entire stuffed stoats, sables, and martens over their dresses to bait fleas. Another way to deal with these insects were special boxes with slots - flea traps. 
During the Baroque era, the flea-catcher was a small box with slots that the nobles wore on their bodies to fight fleas and other harmful insects. They rarely washed, it required a lot of money and not everyone could afford a bath, they washed in basins, and more often they simply washed their faces and hands, and wiped their bodies. The smell was drowned out by perfume. Fleas did not cause such disgust in people as lice. Moreover, fleas in many cases aroused interest. The ladies of that era came up with a way to use fleas in the art of flirting. Screaming from imaginary and real flea bites, they thereby invited gentlemen to search for a harmful insect. At that time, it was considered the most erotic fun for men to catch a flea on their beloved.
In the 17th century among French gentlemen, it was considered fashionable to keep, as a sweet memory, a flea caught with one's own hand on the body of the lady of one's heart. They kept a flea in a miniature, often beautiful jewelry box-cage, hanging on a chain around the neck, and every single day the flea sucked the blood of the "happy" owner. 
Flea fur was also used to fight fleas, which came into fashion in the late Middle Ages. It is known that fleas love fine-haired fur, so the nobles often used the fur of ermine, sable, forest polecat or marten in clothes to bait fleas on it. Fur flea traps are mentioned in the inventory of the property of Charles the Bold for 1467. The most valuable examples of flea fur in the form of stuffed animals with gilded heads and paws were worn over clothing. So, for example, the Duchess of Ferrara received as a gift from her husband a sable with a golden head, adorned with 12 rubies, 2 diamonds, 3 emeralds and 4 pearls. More than 30 images of women of that time with such flea caps are known. The fashion for the so-called "fur necklaces", fur boas with heads, tails and paws of animals, appeared in the 19th century and did not include the practical idea of \u200b\u200bprotection from fleas.
Since the 16th century, martens, ferrets, stoats and tiny dogs have served their mistresses as living flea traps to protect them from annoying insects. In a small animal, the body temperature is higher than that of a person, fleas rushed to the poor animal, and, unlike the lady, she caught fleas all the time with her teeth. 
The need for flea traps disappeared with the increase in the level of hygiene of the population, when public baths and baths were replaced by individual baths and showers.
4) It so happened by nature that the French medieval ladies were the owners of a very modest bust, and men, as always, loved large curvaceous in a deep open neckline. The French women used two methods to “modify” small breasts: they rubbed the bust with tincture of young stinging nettle with potassium permanganate, which caused the breasts to swell and increase in size. The second method was not so cruel, but experienced men they practically didn’t peck - they put on a dress without a neckline, but they pulled themselves into a corset with special linings simulating breasts at least up to the 8th size. 
5) In the 16th century in Europe, rich noble people preferred high platform shoes, and took servants with them for a walk to support them. Why such difficulties? Again, let's remember a medieval city: slop, dirt and excrement of animals and people on the streets, lack of sewerage ... Each of us saw small extensions on the outer wall of a castle or house, these are medieval toilets, from where all sewage fell directly on the heads of passers-by. High-ranking men wandered along such European streets on peculiar stilts (so as not to get dirty “up to their ears”). 
Due to falling excrement from the window, umbrellas and wide-brimmed hats were invented.
6) The women of that era had such elaborate hairstyles that not only fleas started up there, but also a couple of mice. He was followed by a page who supported all this beauty special tools. Women slept on a small sofa and climbed into their hair with a golden hairpin to scratch themselves. 
7) Flies became fashionable in the 17th century to hide skin defects (smallpox was rampant in those days) and for a long time remained popular among the ladies of high society. 
8)Besides blonde hair braids became very fashionable for women in the Middle Ages, as a reaction to mass syphilis - long hair were intended to show that a person is healthy. At that time, almost the entire population of southern Europe, from the holy fathers to the street beggars, had been ill with syphilis at that time.
Syphilis XVII-XVIII centuries became a trendsetter. Historian-epidemiologist Professor G. Gezer wrote that because of syphilis, all vegetation on the head and face disappeared. And so the gentlemen, in order to show the ladies that they are completely safe and do not suffer from anything like that, began to grow long hair and mustaches. Well, those who didn’t succeed for some reason came up with wigs that, with enough in large numbers syphilitic in the upper strata of society quickly became fashionable. 
9) At that time, women with a high forehead were considered beauties. If nature did not endow a lady with such a quality, she simply plucked her hair, achieving a reference indicator. 
Note: the lady, whose guilt of cheating on her husband was proven, had a short haircut. That's why every young lady who has long braid inconceivably proud of her.
11) It was considered a sin for a woman of the early Middle Ages to think about her beauty. The strict customs of that dark era forbade women from being sexually attractive. Under the ban of the church, the ladies almost did not paint their faces and hair. The use of water and soap, the use fresh air and sun - natural cosmetics - reduced to a minimum. Obeying etiquette, women had to walk in small steps, lowering their eyes, slightly bowing their heads, skillfully grasping with their left hand over their stomachs. long dress without dragging it along the ground.
This custom was due to the fact that at that time pregnant women were highly respected - after all, masses of people died in endless feudal strife, the Crusades, from epidemics of cholera, plague, and it was necessary to replenish the population.
... By the way, the fashion for pregnancy and the cult of the Virgin Mary led to the fact that women who, for one reason or another, did not participate in the reproductive process, were forced to buy artificial pregnant bellies for themselves, tied to the body, or “built-in” in a dress ... 
12) Leggings first appeared as a type of men's formal leather trousers and were originally made from elk skin, hence the name. Also - from deerskin, later from suede. They were very narrow and therefore worn wetted, drying right on the body. It was very uncomfortable and sometimes caused skin abrasions. 
13) Initially, each leg was a separate item and was attached to outerwear ropes, so in most languages pants and trousers are plural or dual nouns.
In the 80s of the XIV century, in order to additionally cover the groin, they began to fasten a codpiece (English codpiece, French braguette) on the ties - a separate fabric flap or bag. For many years, the codpiece still remained flat, and then they began to give it a three-dimensional shape. So an ordinary shred to cover the genitals turned into a very fashion detail clothes. 
14) In the East, transparent pants like harem pants have been known for a long time, they were worn by female concubines. In Europe, women were the first to wear trousers in the early 20th century. At this time, an active struggle for emancipation was carried out, working women appeared who often used a transport novelty - a bicycle. Skirts didn't fit. However, women in trousers were condemned for a very long time. 
15) Arrows - required attribute contemporary men's trousers, But it was not always so. Before the era of industrial production, there were no arrows. And with the development of factory tailoring in the second half of the 19th century, it became necessary to transport large quantities of goods, most often by sea. After unpacking, the pants had creases that were difficult to smooth out, but this option came into vogue. 
16) Buttons on the sleeves
Have you ever wondered why on the sleeves men's jackets And women's jackets sew on buttons?
What functions do they perform? It turns out that this is an invention of Napoleon Bonaparte - he ordered them to be sewn to the sleeves on the soldiers' jackets so that they would leave bad habit use sleeves when you have a cold. True, according to other sources, this merit is attributed to Peter 1. 
17) Buttons appeared long before our era, but were used only as decoration. Around the 12th and 13th centuries, buttons were again recognized in Europe, but now they also had a functional meaning of fastening in loops, and not just a decorative one. In the Middle Ages, buttons became such a popular accessory that one could judge the status of the owner by their number on clothes. For example, on one of the outfits of the French king Francis I, there were 13,600 buttons. 
18) The king of France, Charles VIII, had very crooked legs, in order to hide them, he introduced long-brimmed camisoles into fashion. 
19) France is considered the birthplace of the bra. The first bra was top part corset cut in half. This original solution invented by the doctor Gosh Saro. However, it was not she who patented it, but American socialite Mary Phelps. Her solution is also simple and ingenious - she connected two handkerchiefs with a ribbon. Improved and led to modern look Russian emigrant Ida Rosenthal, having developed a bra with cups of different sizes. 
20) It is hard to believe, but at the end of the 19th century, swimming in the sea in the open and in public was not only shameful, but was considered only the lot of commoners. The entire wealthy public bathed in spacious bathrobes (and women also in stockings).
At the beginning of the twentieth century, swimming was included in the program Olympic Games, and women on the beaches began to gradually expose their arms and legs. The swimwear of that time consisted of shorts and a T-shirt. Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman wore a swimsuit that exposed her arms and legs for the first time at a competition in the United States and was immediately arrested. She was able to continue the competition only after she changed clothes. 
In the 1920s, Coco Chanel became a revolutionary in the history of swimwear. She was the first to venture into public bathing in the French resort of Deauville. Chanel also brought tan into fashion, which increased the demand for swimwear. They began to be made from knitwear and jersey, and the cut of swimsuits did not restrict movement. Coco Chanel created a bathing suit model that remained in fashion until the middle of the 20th century: a one-piece swimsuit with tight shorts to the middle of the thigh with straps, in addition to it there were a bathing cap, trousers and a bathrobe.
In 1946, the official "bathing revolution" took place. On July 5, fashion designer Louis Reard presented new model swimsuit that exposed the belly. The new swimsuit was named after the island of Bikini, where the US tested a nuclear bomb. The effect was also "explosive": the gendarmes had to disperse the crowd who wanted to look at the girls in a new bathing suit. But in the 1950s, not everyone dared to innovate, and swimsuits with a corset belt were still in fashion. Brigitte Bardot contributed to the spread of the bikini. 
21) In the Middle Ages, Japanese fashionistas grew long black hair and licked it back. There was no gel at that time, so how did they do it? No, it wasn't fat. It is known that the oceans around gave almost everything for the needs of the Japanese. The hair gel was ... a small live jellyfish, just caught from the ocean, which the Japanese rubbed into his hair. 
22) As for the beautiful Japanese women of that time, they "blackened" their teeth with a special wax-like mass. Geisha came up with this method because even the whitest and most polished teeth looked yellow against the background of a whitened face. Also, black teeth testified to the status and marital status Japanese women. 
23) Continuing the topic of teeth... George Washington boasted masterfully inserted artificial teeth, which were made from cow teeth and rhinoceros tusk, and they were fastened with a special metal spring. He also had dentures made from the bones of an elephant, a hippopotamus and other human teeth.
He suffered from toothache throughout his life, and by the time he became president, he had only one tooth left. 
24) The traditional clothing of Scottish men - the kilt - can be worn with underwear, and without it. However, "real" Scots, especially soldiers, according to tradition, still have to wear a kilt on a naked body. Previously, they even settled in the shelves special checks: an officer with a special mirror looked into the soldiers “under the skirt” and, if underwear was found, forced him to take it off. 
25) In the Russian traditional kosovorotka, the slit with the clasp was, as a rule, shifted to the left, less often to the right. The first images of a shirt with such a fastener date back to the 12th century. Such a collar was needed for convenience during work, so that the pectoral cross would not fall out.
Men's shirt
The blouses of the ancient peasants were a construction of two panels that covered the back and chest and were connected at the shoulders with 4-corner cuts of fabric. All classes wore shirts of the same cut. The difference was only in the quality of the fabric.
Women's shirts
Unlike a man's kosovorotka, a women's shirt could reach the hem of a sundress and was called "stan". There was even a style of a women's shirt with gathered sleeves especially for feeding babies. In Siberia, for example, a women's shirt was called "sleeves", because only sleeves were visible from under a sundress. Women's shirts carried different meanings and were called everyday, festive, mowing, magic, wedding and funeral. deep meaning was laid in the elements of decoration of a women's shirt. Various symbols - horses, birds, the Tree of Life, lankas, plant patterns - corresponded to various pagan deities. Red shirts were amulets against evil spirits and misfortunes.
Children's shirts
The father's shirt served as the first diaper for a newborn boy, and the mother's shirt for girls. They tried to sew children's shirts from the fabric of a worn shirt of a father or mother. It was believed that the strength of the parents would protect the baby from damage and the evil eye. For boys and girls, the shirt looked the same - a linen blouse up to the heels. Mothers always decorated their children's shirt with embroidery. All patterns had protective meanings. As soon as the children moved into new stage, they were supposed to have the first shirt from new fabric. At the age of three - the first shirt from novelty. At the age of 12 - poneva for girls and trousers for boys.
Kosovorotki by appointment
Pokosnitsa: Pokosnitsa or "stubble" shirt. Men in Rus' put on a scythe on the first day of harvest.
Killer: Killer - shirt with long sleeve. The girl was supposed to wear a killer shirt for a week before the wedding. In it, she mourned her youth, prepared for a new married life in a strange family.
Wedding shirt: The most elegant kosovorotka is a wedding shirt. This shirt was embroidered intricate patterns. The main color of the ornament is red. After the wedding, the shirt did not lose its significance. It was put on for holidays and ceremonies, according to customs, it was carefully kept. 
26) In the wardrobe of each modern woman must have a blouse or dress white color, but in the Middle Ages, clothes made of white fabric were practically not sewn. Most often it was used by commoners, as the fabric was very cheap. Can a fashionista afford a cheap outfit? That's right, because before you get to the tailor, the fabric was dyed, and the paints were quite expensive. By the way, in the Middle Ages, girls in a white dress did not get married. 
27) Knitted wool sweater in its usual form appeared in Europe in the 19th century. Initially, it was recommended by doctors as weight loss clothing, as it contributed to sweating during exercise. It is from the English verb to sweat, which means "sweat", that the name sweater came from. 
28) It turns out that children's clothing appeared quite recently. The first attempts to create baby costume were realized only in the 19th century - before that, children were dressed in things of small sizes intended for adults. It also had to do with attitudes in society. For example, the little girl was supposed to resemble the reduced size of a noble, reserved lady.
Over time, humanity has come to the conclusion that it is not very convenient that children should wear something different and look different. Just then, fashion was divided into children's and adult. 
29) Today, the generally accepted colors of clothing for girls and boys are pink and blue, respectively. However, such a division was formed in the United States and European countries only in the 1940s. And in the case of gender, the recommendations were directly opposite to modern standards. For example, in children's edition Earnshow's magazine of 1918 said: “According to the generally accepted rule, pink should be chosen for boys, and blue for girls, since pink color stronger and harder, while blue is more elegant and sophisticated. 
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Fashion and style came along with clothes. Each thing keeps its secrets of creation and transformation. This collection contains the most interesting facts about clothes.
Secrets of origin
Have you ever thought about the process of inventing outfits? For example, two trouser legs used to be tied with an ordinary rope. A lot of time passed before they managed to tie them into one product - pants. The sweater was originally used for weight loss. People wore it to workouts, which caused sweating. Leggings were sewn from elk skin, which gives rise to the name.
It is not known for certain when and why buttons began to be placed on men's clothing on the right, and on the female - on the left. There are assumptions:
- for the convenience of servants of noble nobles in medieval Europe. Buttons were made from expensive materials and were considered an element of decor for wealthy people. It was appropriate for noble women to dress with the help of servants, which determines the tradition;
- not to confuse women's and men's decorations;
- for the convenience of breastfeeding mothers.
Interestingly, the progenitors of ties are scarves of Croatian mercenaries. In 1630 they were recruited into the French army. French fashionistas adopted the attribute and began to tie it in a special way around the neck.
superstition
Do you know why you can't sew clothes on yourself? By performing these actions, a person can turn against himself a dangerous magical attribute - a needle. The logical explanation lies in the poor quality of the tool. The technology of the past centuries did not allow the needles to resist corrosion. The products had burrs that contained dirt. If you prick, you can bring the infection.
Many other signs are known:
- “to dress inside out - to walk beaten” - the boyars, who were fined before Ivan the Terrible, put things on backwards and mounted a horse facing the tail; in England - to good news or a gift;
- new thing on big holidays- a harbinger of success and prosperity;
- dress from the left sleeve - bring trouble;
- a new thing attracts money and fulfills dreams - when wearing it for the first time, make a wish and put a coin in your pocket.
Practical Information
Things are beaten by a small discharge of current. But why? Clothing becomes electrified because it has positive and negative charges of electricity. Touching creates friction, which transmits the discharge. Neutralize static with a special powder added during washing or with an antistatic agent. Polyester, nylon, wool are actively electrified. Less susceptible to the process are viscose, cotton and silk.
Over time, delamination forms on the materials. It can be compared to the keratinized layer of the skin. The natural process is the result of long wear and washes. That's why there are pellets on clothes. The only material that does not lend itself to rolling particles is natural cotton.
In 2016, a Danish designer introduced a sports uniform made from condom material. The designer claims that the new equipment is ideal for long jumpers. The suit has slits that improve aerodynamics.
There are sets of robes that completely follow the contours of the body, tightly fitting it. They provide comfort, a sense of freedom. Such things are effective to wear when playing sports. Many fans of watching competitions on TV are wondering: why do we need compression clothing? Tight-fitting properties reduce the psychological and physical activity which gives strength and endurance.
Fashion does not stand still. Tomorrow she will offer us new design solutions for outfits. Money box cognitive facts on the topic is constantly updated.
At all times fashion has played important role in society. She dictated the rules of behavior and style of dress. ABOUT modern fashion and you can talk about its history for hours. Sometimes it seems that it is already impossible to come up with something new. To be honest, inventing something new is like inventing new color. Over time, a person realized that it makes no sense to blindly follow fashion, but not to notice the fact of its existence is not doubly worth it.
StyleNews loves to remember interesting things from the history of fashion and style. Today we are going to tell you about ten amazing, and sometimes shocking, facts about fashion that we managed to find.
1. In 1500 BC. e. among the ancient Egyptians, a head without a single hair was considered an ideal female beauty. Therefore, women removed their hair with special golden tongs and rubbed their bald heads to a shine.
2. Queen Victoria considered makeup to be an invention of the devil, so women were strictly forbidden to wear lipstick. And in 1770, the government of England issued a decree that a woman who seduced a man with the help of cosmetics should be recognized as a witch.
3. Motherland french manicure is America.
4. In the Middle Ages, dirt and lice were considered special signs of holiness. That's why people haven't washed for years. Queen of Spain Isabella of Castile (end of the 15th century) admitted that she washed herself only twice in her entire life - at birth and on her wedding day. The original task of the famous French perfume was to mask the stench of years of unwashed body with a sharp and persistent smell of perfume.
5. In Ancient Rome shoes with heels were worn only by prostitutes. Heels helped the “priestesses of love” stand out in the crowd.
6. In the Victorian era, there was a strange fashion for a photo with dead relatives. When someone died from the family, a photographer was invited to take pictures so that the deceased seemed alive. Sometimes the photographer, when developing the picture, painted the eyes of the dead so that they seemed even more alive.
7. Do you know how mourning clothes are connected? Victorian era and small black dress? No? Then now we will tell you.
At that time, mourning was divided into periods and a certain type of dress was intended for each. For the first year and one day of mourning, widows were only allowed to wear a black dress completely covered in crepe. The head and face were to be covered with a mourning cap or hat with a veil. Everything shiny was forbidden, even the buttons on the clothes were dull.
After the first year, there was a period of "semi-mourning", which lasted six months. Now women could use the same black crepe as a dress trim, gradually adding a little color to it and returning to shiny fabrics. In addition, the widow could already wear a hat decorated with feathers.
It was easier for men - mourning lasted six months. In addition to a black tailcoat, they were required to wear a special bandage on their sleeves or on their hats, but after six months a man could immediately marry.
8. A few centuries ago in England, ladies wore intricate wigs made from… dead birds.
9. The ideal of external beauty and sexuality of the ancient Chinese beauties were bandaged legs and mincing gait. The emergence of the custom of bandaging female legs attributed to the Chinese Middle Ages, but the exact time of its origin is unknown. About a billion passed through foot binding Chinese women. This terrible process looked like this: the girl's legs were bandaged with strips of cloth until four small fingers were pressed close to the sole of the foot. The legs were then wrapped in strips of cloth horizontally to arch the foot like a bow.
Over time, the foot no longer grew in length, but instead bulged up and took on the form of a triangle. She did not give a solid support and forced women to sway like a lyrically sung willow. Sometimes walking was so difficult that the owners of miniature legs could only move with the help of strangers.
10. Who would have thought, but if not for Napoleon Bonaparte, then in modern clothes maybe there would be no buttons! After all, it was he who introduced them into use in order to wean his soldiers from the annoying habit of wiping their noses with their sleeves.
Fashion, style, design lines influence a person on a daily basis, determining both outdoor trends and inner mood. top clothes haute couture, experimental brands are united by the talent, taste of masters who help express their new self through combinations of fabrics, colors, textures, the combination of the incompatible. What do we still not know about fashion? Some simple facts will help to look at this direction in a new way:
1. New York was the first city to host Fashion Week for the first time in history. Held in 1943, it was aimed at starting american fashion as opposed to French designers. 
2. Every year, 40 fashion weeks are held in the world, about a hundred events. The main cities that connoisseurs of beauty seek to visit are Milan, New York, the capitals of Germany, England, and France.
3. Rules high fashion can only be dictated by a designer who has received an opinion from the Chamber of Syndicale. It is considered the leading structure in Paris in the field of fashion. To date, 14 houses have been registered with this permit. 
4. Giorgio Armani and some others famous designers are not assessed by the Chamber of Syndicale.
5. Christian Louboutin created a line of shoes for brides with red soles. Now they can diversify their image. 
6. Christian Dior chooses the day of the show of their collections on the advice of psychics 
7. Germany became the country in which in 1586 the world's first fashion magazine was published.
8. Initially, all clothes were shown on dolls. The first models appeared only in 1853.
9. Many famous people, not related to fashion, have contributed to its development. So Napoleon, in order to prevent soldiers from wiping their noses, came up with buttons. Now they can be found on any kind of clothing. 
10. The most ancient type of clothing (after loincloths) is the skirt. It was worn by representatives of the female. male.
11. Until the 2nd century in Rome, people wore a toga, after this period only women wore this type of clothing. prostitute and the rest wore stolas. 
12. Before World War I, women weren't allowed to wear shorts.
13. Linen, cotton, polyester, viscose have become materials that designers use today. Cotton occupies the first place among them, since it has been sewn from it for more than 70 centuries.
14. Jeans means "cotton trousers". They were worn by Genoese sailors.
15. Jeans from Gucci went down in history as the most expensive. This fact is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Gucci Genius jeans are $3,134. 
