BIZARRE FACTS ABOUT CLOTHING
Added on: 18th Dec 2015
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).
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