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ODD FACTS ABOUT CLOTHING

Added on: 22nd May 2016

 

SOUTH KOREA USED TO HAVE REAL FASHION

POLICE WHO WOULD PATROL THE STREETS

MEASURING THE MINISKIRT LENGTH ON WOMEN.

IF SKIRTS WERE DEEMED TOO SHORT,

THEY COULD BE FINED OR ARRESTED

South Korea

 

 

AFTER ITS MODERN DEBUT, THE BIKINI WAS BANNED

INITIALLY IN ITALY, SPAIN, AND AUSTRALIA, WHILE IT

WAS CONSIDERED A SIN BY THE VATICAN

Bikinis

 

 

THE INVENTOR OF THE MODERN BIKINI, LOUIS RÉARD,

NAMED HIS CREATION AFTER THE BIKINI ATOLL, WHERE

THE U.S. DID MOST OF ITS NUCLEAR TESTING, BECAUSE

HE HOPED IT WOULD BOMB THE MARKET AND HAVE

A HUGE IMPACT

Atomic Bomb

 

 

EVEN THOUGH THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS A STRONG

CHILDREN FASHION INDUSTRY, UNTIL THE 19TH CENTURY,

CHILDREN WERE DRESSED AS MINIATURE ADULTS

Eskimoos

 

 

ACCORDING TO ICELANDIC MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION,

IF YOU DIDN’T WEAR NEW CLOTHES ON CHRISTMAS,

THERE WAS A GIANT YULE CAT THAT WOULD EAT YOU

Christmas

 

 

ARGUABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CATWOMAN IN

HISTORY, ACTRESS JULIE NEWMAR, HOLDS THE

PATENT FOR “PANTYHOSE WITH SHAPING BAND FOR

CHEEKY DERRIERE RELIEF,” A FORERUNNER TO SPANX.

SHE WAS GRANTED THE PATENT IN 1975

Catwoman

 

 

BELIEVE IT OR NOT FAMOUS WRITER MARK TWAIN

INVENTED ONE OF THE FIRST BRA STRAPS. ACTUALLY

HE WAS PRETTY PROUD OF HIS INVENTION, WRITING

IN THE PATENT, "THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCH AN

ADJUSTABLE AND DETACHABLE ELASTIC STRAP

ARE SO OBVIOUS THAT THEY NEED NO EXPLANATION.”

Believe it or not famous writer Mark Twain invented one of the first bra straps. Actually he was pretty proud of his invention, writing in the patent, "The advantages of such an adjustable and detachable elastic strap are so obvious that they need no explanation.”

 

 

THE WORD “JEANS” COMES FROM A KIND OF MATERIAL

THAT WAS MADE IN EUROPE. THE MATERIAL WAS

NAMED AFTER SAILORS FROM GENOA IN ITALY ALSO

KNOWN AS “GENES” WHO USED TO WEAR

CLOTHES MADE FROM IT

Jeans

 


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