Interesting facts about fashion. Interesting facts about clothes (17 photos)

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Think you know everything about fashion? Check it out! Here are a few amazing facts about fashion that you may not know!

1. The first official Fashion Week took place in 1943 in New York. Its main purpose is to divert attention from french fashion and give a start to American designers.

2. In total, 40 fashion weeks and 100 official events. The five most famous Fashion Week events are held in fashion capitals world: Milan, New York, Berlin, London, Paris.

3. In order to become a High Fashion Designer, a person must be approved by the Chamber of Syndicale. It is the governing body of fashion in Paris. How serious is this confirmation? Only 14 fashion houses, out of a huge number of designers, have such confirmation of haute couture. Among the unapproved applicants are big designers such as Giorgio Armani.

4. Valentino owns five pugs. Their names are Monty, Maude, Margo, Maggie, and Molly. They travel everywhere with him.

5. Louis Vuitton allegedly burns all of its old merchandise to maintain the brand's full exclusivity.

6. Christian Louboutin introduced shoes with blue soles so that brides could wear something blue on their wedding day.

7. Michael Kors created his first piece of clothing at the age of five - Wedding Dress for your mother.

8. Christian Dior strongly believed in psychics. He made sure to visit one of them to determine which day would be the best to show his latest collection.

9. The ancient Greeks could well walk naked. In fact, our word "gymnasium" comes from; γυμνός (gymnos) meaning "naked".

10. The skirt is the oldest type of clothing, second only to the loincloth. Until 1600-1700, everyone wore a skirt - men and women.

11. Initially, both men and women wore togas in Rome, but after the 2nd century BC, respectable women wore stolas and only prostitutes were required to wear togas.

12 Wearing shorts in public was considered unacceptable for women until the First World War.

13. The first fashion magazine appeared in 1586. It began to be published in Germany.

14. The five most common clothing materials are linen, cotton, polyester, and viscose. Cotton fabric has been used for clothing for over 7,000 years.

Fun denim fact:

• The word "jeans" is a local term of the Genoese sailors, meaning "cotton trousers".
• One bale of cotton can make 215 pairs of jeans.
• The average American usually owns 7 pairs of blue jeans.
• The Guinness Book of Records has made Gucci as the manufacturer of the most expensive jeans in the world. Gucci Genius jeans are $3134

15. Sneakers came to us thanks to Keds, the first company to create this type of shoe, in 1917. And the earliest known human history shoes are sandals.

16. More than 2 billion T-shirts are sold every year. Initially, T-shirts were an element underwear. But now, the T-shirt is a popular piece of clothing as outerwear.

17. Until the 1800s, there was no concept of children's clothing. The children dressed the same as the adults.

18. In the 1500s, fashion designers began to show off their clothes by putting them on miniature dolls. There was no such thing as a model yet. The first models appeared only in 1853.

19. Napoleon contributed to fashion in many ways. For example, the buttons on the sleeves of jackets were invented by Napoleon when he got tired of his soldiers wiping
sleeve noses.

20. It may seem surprising that, in fact, men, at the executive level, use the fashion industry more than women. Most executives and presidents (men, not women) are regular customers of major fashion houses.

21. Valentino Garavani, an Italian fashion designer, made the red dress famous, just like Coco Chanel made the famous little black dress. His red dresses became so popular that he was nicknamed "Valentino Red".

22. The first fake eyelashes were invented by Hollywood film producer Griffith, who wanted to improve the eyelids of actresses. They were made from real hair.

23. Eyelash liner became popular after its discovery in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the 1920s. Since that time, the production of eyeliners has been launched.

24. Mary Phelps, New York socialite, created the modern bra. The bras she made and patented in 1914 are very different from those worn today. Hers bras were made from handkerchiefs.

25. Clothing prices have dropped 8.5% worldwide since 1992, even after adjusting for inflation.

26. It is estimated that Americans spend about 3.8% of their income on clothing, which is equivalent to about $1,700 per person. By comparison, in 1950, Americans spent 11% of their income on clothing. An American woman buys approximately 3,000 items of clothing in her lifetime, including 271 pairs of shoes, 185 dresses, and 145 suits.

27. Bikinis are named after the island, Bikini Atoll, where the US military tested their bombs in World War I. Their creator, Louis Reard, believed that the "mini" suit would create the effect of an atomic bomb with its appearance, due to the nominal sizes of the clothes.

28. social status and the profession of a person during the Middle Ages was represented by the color of clothing. Nobles wore red robes, peasants wore brown and grey, while merchants, bankers and officials wore green robes.
In Rome, purple clothes belonged exclusively to emperors and magistrates. Wearing black was taboo unless there was mourning in the house. Victorian widows were required to wear black mourning robes for two years after the death of their husbands.

29. What pink color is feminine and cyan (blue) is masculine, and that women's shirt has buttons on the left, and men's on the right: this is a relic old tradition, which we transferred to the old world.

30. The average life span of clothing is approximately three years. This standard is used to compare the standard of living.

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 from high European society wore clothes with fur trim or whole stuffed ermines, sables and martens over a dress for flea bait. 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 with complex 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 stated: “As a general rule, pink should be chosen for boys, and blue for girls, since pink is stronger and harder, and blue is more elegant and sophisticated.

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Everyone knows the saying - "everything ingenious is simple." It is quite applicable to clothing, and especially to its details. After all, often, when we find some detail on a thing, simple, but functional, we think - “well, it’s necessary, and how did they come up with this.” But everything is done for a reason, so now we will try to figure out what reasons served to command some elements of clothing that are familiar to everyone.

Men who actively use shirts in their everyday wardrobe could notice the presence of a third button on the collar on some models. For some, it may be bewildering, but those in the know know that this is a very convenient detail - this button helps to hide a narrow tie under the collar so that it does not peek out from under it. This method of wearing a narrow tie was invented back in 1896 by the American brand Brooks Brothers. Now this part is not used by all brands, but by many: Ben Sherman, J. Crew "and others. In addition, now the preppy style and American style in clothes.

By the way, the same Brooks Brothers also came up with a shirt with a button-down collar, the corners of which were fastened with buttons to the shirt. Such now, for example, can be found in the brands "Merc" and "Nanamica".

Another interesting "shirt" fact - on some models, the loop for fastening the very last button is not located vertically, like all the previous ones, but horizontally. Do not think that this is a flaw or a design feature, in fact, everything is quite understandable - the bottom button is often unbuttoned, because something constantly affects it at the bottom of the shirt (a person moves and friction is formed, tension is formed at its location). If the loop is located horizontally, and even additionally swept with threads in several layers, then the lower button, in spite of everything, remains in place.

You don't have to be super careful to notice that polo shirts tend to have a longer back than the front. To understand the reason, it is necessary to turn to the history of the emergence of polo. The shirt came to us from sports: the notorious René Lacoste designed it as a uniform for tennis players, but he was inspired by the silhouette of the polo players' uniform. So the back part is made longer so that the tennis player does not expose his back during the game, he can tuck in his shirt and be calm that it will not come out when he starts waving his arms. Now polo is worn not only by tennis players, but modern models also sewn with an elongated back.

Most of the ready-made jackets sold do not have buttons on the sleeves, or they play a purely decorative role. In general, buttons first appeared on the sleeves thanks to the military: according to one theory, the number of buttons could tell about the rank, and according to another version, buttons were first sewn onto the sleeves of uniforms so that soldiers would not wipe their noses and mouths with them. A more practical and functional type of cuff, which is called "working", is often used on casual jackets. The sleeves, equipped with "working" cuffs, can be shortened thanks to the buttons with loops that can be unbuttoned and fastened. It is believed that for the first time such a method of shortening sleeves was used in surgery, when grabbers often performed operations in jackets and such cuffs allowed them not to dirty their sleeves.

Another interesting detail of the jacket sleeves that has a military past is the patches. Of course, their goal is to increase wear resistance. The soldiers often had to crawl on their elbows and these places were quickly wiped, so additional reinforcement of the fabric came in handy. The hunters intercepted this trick, modifying it somewhat for themselves - in addition to the elbows, an additional layer of fabric was sewn in the shoulder area, where the fabric was subjected to rubbing with a belt and the butt of a weapon. Subsequently, patches on the jacket began to be used more as decorative elements and enjoyed by members of the Ivy League community. These days, patches can also be seen on other garments: on shirts, coats, cardigans, and so on.

It happens that the jacket can find an additional third pocket. It is called "ticket" and, in fact, the name speaks for itself - in the middle of the 19th century, railway tickets were carried in such a pocket, as well as tickets for sports and cultural events. In addition to tickets, in the third pocket they could store a watch on a chain and other necessary little things. Now the "ticket pocket" is used by designers more as a kind of chip, but it can also carry all kinds of necessary things. Additional pocket used in the design of jackets such brands as "SACAI", "Fashion Clinic", "Eleventy" and others.

That's not all known to the world interesting facts about clothes and their details, so we will return to this section more than once.

you can start counting from the moment when the clothes themselves first appeared. The word "fashion" in Latin meant "rule", in clothing it concerned the requirements of what and how to wear.

1. First - until the 15th century, fashion changed very slowly - some items of clothing for several decades, and sometimes more than a hundred years, did not change. But today you can’t keep up with fashion, and this is all thanks to technological progress, which has made it cheaper to obtain fabrics, threads, dyes, inventions. sewing machines and human love for creativity.
2. The clothing of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Rome, Greece, India and other territories was a piece of fabric draped around the body, there were many options, but they all had to emphasize the grace, elegance, majesty of the body.

   

3. The first trousers appeared among the Scythians around 500 BC. uh. It was the most comfortable clothes for nomads who spent most of their lives in the saddle. The Romans and Greeks did not adopt this type of clothing for a long time, considering it a sign of barbarism, of low origin.

   

4. Until the New Age, buttons looked like balls with loops for sewing on.. They served not only for fastening clothes, but also emphasized the viability of the owner, especially in cases where they were made of noble metals with glass inserts precious stones. In wills of the 13th-15th centuries, buttons were often bequeathed upon the death of the owner, and even separately from the clothes themselves. There could be several dozen of them on one dress.

   

5. In the 14th century fashion clothes sharply from wide to narrow, and for men it was also greatly shortened, sewn from expensive bright fabrics, richly decorated. The church was indignant, the king issued the “Luxury Laws” which limited the amount of jewelry, the quality of fabrics and the number and length of outfits, but this did not help much - fashion was stronger.

   

6. Fashionistas in France in 1630 got ties, the idea of ​​which was borrowed from Croatian soldiers who wore scarves around their necks. Ties have changed, but have not disappeared so far, and their name "cravate", as a derivative of the word "Croat", has also been fixed in many European languages.

   

7. By the middle of the 17th century, heels became fashionable.. Women's shoes was not visible from under the long hem, and the men's, which everyone saw, became the object of attention due to the colored heels. Reds had the right to wear representatives high nobility, king and princes.

   

8. Contemporaries of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna said that there was no other such fashionista - her wardrobe was huge, dresses were constantly ordered from Europe, and it was believed that the queen allegedly did not wear the same clothes twice. But almost none of her dresses survived, and most of the outfits were altered during the life of Elizabeth.

   

9. Until 1772, umbrellas were used only for protection from the sun.. When silk and lace were replaced with dense, waterproof fabric, it became possible to hide under an umbrella from the rain, although the ladies for a long time preferred to hide under an umbrella from an “ignoble” tan, and not from bad weather.

   

10. Until the 19th century, wedding fashion did not involve clothes of a special color, but in Europe, Russia, Asia, red remained the most popular color for such celebrations. White took its place in 1840 when Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in white.

    

11. After the Revolution of 1917, Prince Felix Yusupov, like other Russian aristocrats, having emigrated to Europe, opened the Irfe fashion house with his wife. Princess Irina Yusupova became a fashion designer, tailor and fashion model all rolled into one.

    

12. Coco Chanel believed that there is no other such ugly part female body like knees and therefore she sewed all dresses and skirts so that her knees were covered.

    

13. The Hugo Boss company was founded in 1923, managed to go bankrupt, and only with the outbreak of World War II found success when it began to sew a uniform for the German army, which was worn by both ordinary soldiers and high-ranking officers. The German form of those times is recognized as the pinnacle of style in men's fashion XX century.

    

14. In 2001, the Levi Strauss Company bought out its own jeans production for $45,000.. Work pants from one mining village at that time turned 121 years old. The first jeans were made from tent canvases.

    

15. 10 years in shows of the week haute couture in Paris, Russia was represented only by Valentin Yudashkin. Some of his dresses are kept and exhibited in the Louvre.

    

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.