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Get to know the most curious details of fashion
Today it is very easy to become a fashion expert in terms of trends, cuts and colors, but how many curiosities do you know about the clothes you wear?
As in many other areas, fashion keeps interesting stories behind the clothes we wear today.
Curiosity has driven great discoveries and to look to the future you must first look to the past. Join us to take a tour of the most curious details of fashion that may also inspire you.
Fashion curiosities
Who created it? How was fashion made? Where does it come from? You will be surprised by the origin of many of today's garments and trends. So get ready to discover the secrets of fashion.
The wedding dress was not always white
Every bride today dreams of her splendid white dress, but the truth is that it has been a trend since just 1840.
In other times, colors such as red or dark tones dominated depending on the culture.
On the other hand, white was too expensive and practically disposable, which was not a viable option for those who were paying the costs.
The most curious thing about this matter is that the color that today reflects purity, was the color that was used for the look of a funeral.
The bra clasp is owed to a writer
His name is Mark Twain and every woman in the world should know him. The most impressive thing is that she was not engaged in fashion or sewing.
A writer with a particular interest in technology and inventions is responsible for this innovation.
While his intention was to improve men's suspenders, he ended up doing the ladies a huge favor.
Color was not always free
Today you struggle to combine colors, but before it wasn't a problem, if you didn't have a certain social status you didn't use it, period. The colors in the clothes sectioned society and defined your position in it, the most distinguished tones were reserved only for royalty.
In addition to this, they also identified certain ties between people, such as the relationship between spouses or a specific function such as security. The latter is still applied today as a rule of certain jobs.
Why are there buttons on the sleeves of suits?
There are two quite strange stories, but equally believable, let's see which one seems more reasonable to you.
On the one hand, they are an alternative to not being able to take off the tag as a moral norm in the days of Queen Victoria. In this case the function was to be able to pick up the sleeves of the jacket without having to take it off in public areas where it was illegal.
The other version tells us that it was a request from Napoleon Bonaparte to prevent the soldiers from wiping their noses with their sleeves.
Masculine pink and feminine blue?
Although today we have a clear and appropriate format that pink is for girls and blue for boys, years ago this was the opposite. In 1918 was the time when fashion experts designated this thinking. This is due to the intensity and character that each tone showed.
Pink was strong, predominant with a high degree of intensity, elementary for men. For its part, blue was subtle, fresh and very delicate, ideal for little ladies.
Corset used to stop eating
Currently, corsets or girdles are still used to delineate the figure. But if you thought that this was achieved only by a perfect fit that fitted your abdomen, you are very wrong.
Shortly after its creation, this garment was very popular among women who wanted to be slimmer. This is because its mooring pressure mechanism and its design made from whale bones made it hard to eat.
Royal Exclusive Purple
Without a doubt, today we do not give great importance to colors as it happened in distant times, such is the case of the exclusive purple tone for royalty.
This curiosity begins in ancient Rome and its origin was not due to status, but because it was one of the most expensive shades of the time. This, since the purple was extracted from mollusk, a job that without great machinery was complicated, hence its high cost.
The gentlemen were the first to wear heels
Although heels are a key element in women's footwear today, it didn't start out that way. Men went first in the fifteenth century, specifically in the Middle East.
But not as a fashion garment, they were designed to help riders have stability when riding, by holding them to the horse.
The most expensive slippers in Hollywood are those of Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz"
It is no secret to anyone that certain garments used in films, at the latest the tape to be successful, are positioned as a collector's item. Thus, it is not surprising that the sneakers worn by actress Judy Galard were the most expensive to date.
In particular, this is due to a historical background, which begins in the making of the shoe, a craftsmanship of great detail. This values it at $2 million.
And as you will see, these are some curiosities of fashion, which I am sure have left you thinking.
