BIZARRE FACTS ABOUT CLOTHING

YOUNG VICTORIAN MEN USED TO WEAR LOCKS OF THEIR

LOVER’S PUBIC HAIR IN THEIR HATS AS MEMENTOS.

APPARENTLY THEY COULDN’T REMEMBER WHOM

THEY SLEPT WITH A WEEK AGO.

THE FIRST SHOPPING MALL TO SELL CLOTHES

WAS BUILT IN ANCIENT ROME.

VICTORIAN DETACHABLE MEN’S COLLARS WERE SO

TIGHT THAT GUYS SOMETIMES CHOCKED THEMSELVES

TO DEATH FROM WEARING THEM, WHICH IS HOW THEY

GOT THE NICKNAME “FATHER KILLERS.”

THE FIRST FASHION MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED IN

1678 IN, WHERE ELSE, FRANCE. IT WAS CALLED

LE MERCURE GALANT AND TARGETED MALE READERS.

ALMOST A DECADE LATER A SIMILAR MAGAZINE

FOR WOMEN FOLLOWED.

LACOSTE’S LITTLE EMBROIDERED CROCODILE WAS

THE FIRST-EVER DESIGNER LOGO. THEY CREATED

AND MANUFACTURED IT IN 1933.

THE MANLY SPACESUITS WORN BY NEIL ARMSTRONG AND

BUZZ ALDRIN WERE ACTUALLY CREATED

BY BRA MAKER PLAYTEX.

NAPOLEON HAD BRASS BUTTONS SEWN ON THE

SLEEVES OF HIS SOLDIERS’ UNIFORMS TO DISCOURAGE

THEM FROM WIPING THEIR NOSES ON THEIR UNIFORMS.

IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT HE REWARDED THEM AFTER

VICTORIOUS BATTLES WITH BOTTLES OF

EXPENSIVE PERFUME.

THE RUSSIAN MILITARY STARTED WEARING SOCKS

OFFICIALLY IN 2007. BEFORE THAT THEY’D JUST

WRAP PIECES OF CLOTH AROUND THEIR FEET.

THE FIRST HIGH HEELS APPEAR IN PERSIA AND WERE

WORN BY MEN. PERSIAN HORSE RIDERS USED HEELED

SHOES FOR EXTRA STABILITY WHEN RIDING HORSES

(THEY HELPED HOLD THE RIDER'S FOOT IN STIRRUPS).