A Historical Get Ready With Me - 1950s Poland [PL/ENG]

[@polinakhromova7116]

OMG, hearing Polish, reading English and being Russian native speaker is quite a mix.

[@teczowykoteg8107]

I when I was in slovakia I used polish (coz I'm polish) mixed with slovakian words that I learned, eanglish and sometimes I thought in german. That was mix xD

[@Mys482]

@@teczowykoteg8107 Du sprichst Deutsch? :D

[@teczowykoteg8107]

@@Mys482 a little bit. I was learning for 5 years and I remember nothing. I can't even write back in german.

[@margaritam.9118]

Полина, то же самое! :D

[@KristyKreuz]

Отбей xD

[@annagrace201]

I never realized how beautiful polish was. Love my meme mom

[@_.Lleiyo._]

oh... meme mom... i thought she said "mean mom" 😶😏 oops sry 😂😅

[@nadiamiriam594]

thank you for saying it is

[@lenorha1017]

polish history is even more interesting.

[@camillajefferson386]

It's a really beautiful sounding language. Especially the sz sound. I wish I had more use for it so I could make the effort to learn it, but it's so different from anything I already know.

[@OstblockLatina]

Please people, polish is sth you put on fingernails or wood. It's Polish.

[@dorapakozdi4578]

I'm so happy watching this! I've been trying to explain and show people that the 50's as a decade of renewal, teenage culture and rock'n'roll is a missing concept in Eastern Europe. It was a decade of scarcity, fear, and oppression, tinted with the faint echoes of whatever was happening west of the iron curtain. (I'm a Hungarian having moved to London two years ago.) In Hungary's case, the 50's culminated in a revolution, Budapest overrun by Soviet tanks and people dying. It's not only fashion, and not only the 50's but damn, I was born in 94 and my mom took me in a pram to watch the Soviet/Russian soldiers leave the military base near where we lived. That puts it in perspective. Many thanks for your efforts!

[@PunkPopik]

Dóra Pákozdi Poland is in Central Europe :))

[@dorapakozdi4578]

@@PunkPopik Talking about the 50's the relevant factor of grouping European countries into the West-East binary is a political and historical one and not a geographical one.

[@PunkPopik]

Jonna Heijke No, Poland is in Central Europe...

[@Asptuber]

Very well put. And not only Eastern Europe, probably to some extent all of Europe. Except for Sweden, Ireland and Portugal (did I forget someone now, maybe Spain to some extent) all of Europe was post-war and lived with some measure of scarcity - Britain had food rationing up to 1954!

[@nadin1898]

@@Asptuber Spain too was neutral. Also Switzerland. But most of the neutral European countries at that time were very poor too so their experience might also have been quite different from the USA.

[@sandragoszcz4995]

Karolino, chciałabym żeby media bardziej promowały osoby tak piękne, utalentowane, inteligentne, z pasją i merytorycznie przygotowane. Z ogromną przyjemnością obserwuję Twoje filmiki, gratuluję Ci wydania książki i życzę dalszych sukcesów!

[@dancing_on_the_valentine_83]

I dobrze, że ich nie promują bo dzięki temu mogą być sobą :) W mediach często ludzie muszą zmienić się na rzecz jakieś większej idei, tutaj mogą być indywidualistami :)

[@magpie_girl3741]

@@dancing_on_the_valentine_83 Są różne formy promocji. I jak wiemy np. Pani Gessler nadal jest indywidualistką :) A człowiek z czegoś musi żyć i ludzie, którzy wkładają ogromny wysiłek powinni być za to doceniani. Bo założę się, że za jakiś czas jakaś gazeta online czy inny youtuber ściągnie kontent a właściwie wiedzę, którą Karolina przekazuje w filmach czy niedługo w książce i będzie na tym zarabiał. A dla Karoliny nawet kąski nie skapną z pańskiego stołu (bo rzetelne dziennikarstwo umarło z Internetem :'( )

[@katerinacerna8555]

*How to explain life in socialistic countries without making them appear unattractive and bad and not worth interest.* Thank you. I am VERY grateful because you are doing a great job at this and it makes me love our "eastern bloc" more.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Kateřina Černá Poland’s Modern borders were artificially created by the Soviets.

[@vfsdm]

You know you are talking to someone Slav when their names have accents on their consonants

[@ritabalbino2848]

@@rozaturowska4946 perfect!

[@ritabalbino2848]

@Lord Farquaad well, capitalism too

[@ritabalbino2848]

@Lord Farquaad well... we may say the same about any kind of political doctrine! How many people capitalism murdered in Africa? Rich people does not like capitalism (sorry, socialism) because they have a lot to lose!

[@charo1554]

nasza meme mama w końcu przemówiła językiem ojczystym!

[@duzehalo]

Meme mame 😁

[@miluxor2541]

Matka Boska Memowska chroń nas ode zuego

[@user-ji7dq2ul2u]

szanuję mocno za bby Seána na avku

[@mariahhenderson1470]

I do not understand but I like

[@walentynawalenciuk9034]

pies w kapeluszu ? Miałam czytać komy a tu tylko jeden po POLSKU

[@tokkia1384]

“Why would you need fashion when driving a tractor?” 😂 dead 😂

[@dreamingofalittlecottage]

That cat smack had me laughing, just *the face of extreme rejection*

[@joannamynarczyk7832]

when is it?

[@ayusiek]

@@joannamynarczyk7832 3:06 ;)

[@_.Lleiyo._]

lol that had me laughing, too 😂🐱 the cat is like: "how dare you say that???" 🐱😮😂 kitty is cute 😍 what's his/her name?

[@maxcaulfield5500]

Krizzý Filemon

[@cougarrain]

Hee hee ❤

[@HiClassHarlow]

My family is doing a surprise party for my grandmas birthday. We are all dressing up in polish fashion of the time, so all of your videos help a great deal!

[@rzaba1152]

awwww, that's so cute :D

[@ukaszostry2754]

So cute

[@notyourmomuberdriver3076]

What a GREAT IDEA - I wish I had heard of it when my grandmother was still alive! She was a great beauty in the 30-50s in particular - we have tons of photos. She remained a beauty and very fashion conscious until, sadly, her Alzheimer's really kicked in. But even then the tailor/designer in her would kick in and she'd reach out from her wheelchair to touch fabrics - or pick out hems from her pajamas etc.

[@emiliamazur5039]

How did it go?

[@RalucaAriadna]

@@notyourmomuberdriver3076 My grandma has Alzheimer's too. She too was very stylish her entire life. I feel for you. May she rest in peace. Hugs!

[@arthurvalentine3524]

When you understand half of words (because slav) but half of the time try to watch the subtitles))) But you know what? We need more Poland in our life))) Mom, You are the best!

[@yelenaarjannikova8467]

eto pravda!!

[@nahradnymailes5256]

je to pravda:)!

[@lucaspompa6712]

Wow much relate *im slav*

[@saraiguess1063]

mood

[@everydaydreamer1]

Me being from northern Slovakia it is pretty easy for me to understand cos my grandma talks in similar dialect that is literally like mix of Polish and Slovak

[@kirstenpaff8946]

The preference for separates over dresses might have also had to do with the fact that women could make it look like they had more outfits than they really did. Women could get multiple outfits out of a skirt just by swapping out the blouse.

[@dobbyxo6929]

Kirsten Paff i

[@bialynia]

Also, separates are easier to make :)

[@lisaannpennington3958]

Easier to try on and fit, alter if necessary

[@enenenergp]

Suuuuper late into this discussion but I thought that also, you can get away with wearing a skirt for longer than a blouse. A top will get sweaty and dirty more easily and you have to wash it, it’s easier and more practical if you only need to wash/switch a blouse but can use the same skirt, instead of having the whole dress hang to dry.

[@RalucaAriadna]

Correct. It also fits the whole 'practical' and the 'say no to extravagance' themes.

[@for.tax.reasons]

I'M SO HAPPY WITH POLISH CONTENT

[@PalmTreeDayDreams]

Love seeing a video in Polish! You should definitely do more of them like this 😍

[@Asptuber]

Absolutely! Please do more of these. BTW for us watching with subtitles the lowest 1/5-1/4 of the screen isn't really visible, so maybe something to take into account when planning the shots and angles?

[@sparkybish]

I misread “deep into stalinism” as “deep into satanism” for a brief second and my brain said “what? No. Surely not!”

[@mxngaka]

I misread your comment and thought you said that you missed "deep into stalinism". Misread inception!

[@elleelle5847]

Close enough. . .

[@AM-qq7jf]

Well, considering how good of a leader and a person Stalin was, you weren't so far from the truth. xD

[@Noblebird02]

In June 1941, Hitler astonished the world again by invading Germany's nominal ally Russia, turning it into an ally of Britain. Churchill, a long-time anti-communist, remarked, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil in the House of Commons." So you're not wrong in reading Stalin as Satan

[@elizabethmccarty2105]

LOL!!!!!!

[@lyraavdeeva5819]

Polish language is truly beautiful!! It's interesting for me as a Russian to pick up words that sound kinda similar :D Thank you for making this, it's really nice to see a piece of history that resembles your own and not Western

[@annadrozdz3040]

Я полька по-национальности и я очень сильно люблю русский язык, по моему он очень красивый, я учусь три года, это немного но мне кажется что я могу несколько поговорить 😀

[@lyraavdeeva5819]

Anna Dróżdż спасибо, очень приятно такое слышать! Тоже в ближайшем будущем планирую учить польский, он очень красивый :>

[@bialynia]

Yeah, and even if the words sound similar or almost the same, you can expect them to mean something completely different :P

[@nataliadomagaa8047]

Lyra Bender for us Russian language is also familiar and beaufiful :)

[@nowanknows7131]

i was thinking the same thing

[@mmmmmmolly]

i think a lot of people from Eastern European countries can relate. even if we were born way after that era, we were told stories from our parents and grandparents. I'm from Romania, born in '91. the communist regime ended in 89. my mom told me she was 18 when she received her first pair of jeans. i had jeans when i was 5. it's a huge difference and it seems so distant, but my parents were born in a communist era and i think it's amazing that they'll spend most of their lives in democracy (which is not perfect but still a whole lot better). my great grandma got permission to go once a year to Hungary to visit her sister, where the regime wasn't that strict and they had more access to foreign goods, and she brought all sorts of things for my grandparents and mom like clothes, exotic fruit, sweets, tampons and pads (!) that weren't accessible in Romania. whenever i see a reminder of the past i feel very lucky to have been born in (relative) freedom. yeah life is hard and things suck sometimes but damn I'm lucky.

[@TitusLivy777]

I've just started watching your videos...and I have no idea why KZbin recommended them to me. After all, I'm a 73 year old American, and I have zero interest in fashion. But the first video "hooked" me, and now I've watched several. You're obviously smart and witty, and you have a very engaging way of discussing fashion. You actually seem to be some sort of fashion wizard. Wizardess? And of course you look very nice in your costumes, so that's a plus, too. Please keep the clever banter coming, because...oddly enough...I am really enjoying it!

[@blushandsky]

My grandma told me a lot of stories, though more from 1960-67 period. For sure there was NO makeup (countryside near Lublin), and when women wanted some hint of colour, they were damping pieces of coloured carton, which some products were packed in, and then they released the dye (red or orange) which was then used as blush/lipstick 😃 I loved the video in Polish! Refreshing and very real, as you talked about Polish women 🇵🇱 greetings from Upper Silesia!

[@czossosnkowy]

I've heard this as well from my grandma. An also that if there really was nothing to color lips with, they just bit them from time to time to make them more red.

[@koniarka2737]

It's true, it was hard to get cosmetics. My grandmother was resolute and she made homemade lipsticks with rose petals with her sisters 😂❤

[@alh6255]

Bullshit. Basic cosmetics like lipsticks or a creams were produced in a big selection even in early 1950s and of course later (by Celia, Miraculum or Lechia brands, Lechia produced Nivea creams on license for example, and you could buy them in every so called "kiosk with newspapers"). This countryside you describe, had no any shop perhaps, but your grandmothers could just go to any, even small town, to buy something. My grandmother (born in 1899) and mother (born in 1930) had a lot of lipstics, also during communist era. But they lived in towns and, which is much more important, they had good customs (they were from so called "aristocracy" or, just noble, well educated class and just lived in normal, modern way). I do not understand your grandmothers: may be they just had no money or any will to go to the town and buy a lipstick?? There were some regions in Poland (especially eastern ones) at that time, which were very poor, with people living like in 19th century.

[@aliveslice]

@@alh6255 stupid grammas, why couldn't they just live in towns, be aristocratic and not poor. I don't get it either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@alh6255]

why couldn't you learn in school and now you can't read with understanding? Anyway, they could go to any small town near their villages and buy a lipstick or a cream. They were there to buy clothes or shoes, so they could buy cosmetics, too. There were not any will or any custom to do so and that is he true about this grandmamas.

[@augustevarkalaite321]

Totaly relatable content for a lady also from the Eastern Block. During the soviet times in Lithuania fashion magazines from Poland were a very prized possession. My grandma said that the most common was called “Uroda” which means a beautiful woman.

that's fascinating!

[@fantysq]

Haha, my Lithuanian grandmother smuggled clothing from Poland. She herself was a bit fat, so she just tied everything to herself and nobody would suspect anything, it just looked like some extra rolls of fat.

[@zwischenburkaundbikini2418]

"Uroda" still exists!

[@dancing_on_the_valentine_83]

"Uroda" means "Beauty" :)

[@mari_gori_yasno]

That’s interesting too, because my grandma mentioned Polish fashion magazines and polish cosmetics (but later, in 60s and 70s) being cool and more fashionable. My grandma’s friend made clothes for her (my grandma don’t like crafting, like, at all), and that friend modeled everything after actresses dresses in the films: literally drawing after cinema what she remembered. And I need to mention that my grandparents on my mother’s side lived in a kind of perfect socialist city - the closed one, and it’s still closed (It’s called Zheleznogorsk and has the best coat of arms. Google it. It’s awesome). P.S You can’t trust the words you recognize in Slavic languages, because in russian урод (pronounced like urod) means “someone ugly”.

[@zryciuchy]

Oooooch prosimy o filmy tego typu o modzie w latach 60,70,80 w PL 😍

[@sapphira31]

Wow, my grandparents grew up in WWII East Germany, and I feel like my great-grandmother on my Omi's side went through this. They did live on the border of Poland for a while for her to work for a farmer while my great-grandfather did electrical work for the Germans. They luckily were hosted by a friend to immigrate to the US in 1952 when my Omi was 16. They all had fur coats with, I love their New York arrival pictures.

[@aliplay5]

this is everything i have ever wanted, it's amazing to see the Polish culture and history represented in this way. Also, my eyes are now opened and today's "style" of Polish grandmas suddenly totally makes sense!!! My grandma used to only use lipstick (for both lips and blush) for her whole life, the very permed hairstyles, the skirt and blouse sets... stereotypical Polish grandmas still wear all of that, and I feel they are kind of unique when compared to for example American grandmas.

[@cleliaoconnell3705]

Well, I just have to learn Polish now.

[@diadia5634]

I recommend you to not do this. Don't get me wrong, I am Polish myself, but Polish is extremely complicated language. I know English pretty well, and, to be honest, Polish is extremely complicated compared to it, and so would be learning it. My language is one of the most complicated and hardest languages in the world. And not many people in the world speak it, so I don't think it's worth it to learn it.

[@annawojciechowska7312]

@@diadia5634 you gotta chill, if a language is complicated it makes it a lot more interesting to learn

[@childrenofthesun471]

@@annawojciechowska7312 you do not understand try learning it but you wont get far.

[@MidnightTea7]

​@@diadia5634 Nie sprzedawaj ludziom bajek. Polski nie jest aż takim skomplikowanym językiem.

[@YourMomsfavourite]

@@MidnightTea7 (może trochę późno, ale chcę się wypowiedzieć) polski JEST skomplikowanym językiem - może nie dla ciebie jeśli jest to twój ojczysty język, ale dla obcokrajowców (szczególnie takich, których ojczysty język nie jest słowiański) jest to bardzo skompikowany język z wieloma zasadami i całą masą dziwnych wyjątków

[@noobdls]

"fileemoonnn :( "

[@Lichamanka]

Comments: "I'm Russian and I can understand something!" Belarusian: hold my beer 😅

[@callmekc9793]

Yes. Although its *even* easier when you're polish and understand 100% lol

[@Kira_Yoshikage959]

Meme mom speaking in Polish is the quality content I'm here for

[@soniasmundanelife]

Wow all the stuff you said about how "a red lipstick" is considered western and all of that is just so familiar to me since we still haven't passed those beliefs of our government in Iran, like I can't even show my hair so like even Poland then was Idk better that now in Iran but still loved the video, it's so interesting to learn more about Poland and you bring fashion into it which I JUST ADORE, THANK YOU

[@alb0zfinest]

Sonia kh to be fair you’re living in a strict theocracy. The communists on the other hand, whatever their problems, actually advanced women’s rights in some ways. In Albania prior to the communist period women weren’t allowed to be educated, weren’t allowed in many industries, in many cases weren’t even allowed to work, that all changed under the communist regime. Women also had paid maternity leave, which in the U.S women don’t have. Abortion was legal even before the U.S (though unfortunately in the later years of the regime it was made illegal). Etc etc

[@wisedred]

@@alb0zfinest Yes, but that's mainly because communism despises any form of religion. So abortion is linked to that. Kinda weird they forbid it at the end though, but USSR was full of mistakes. As for the work part, communists, being naturally centered around work and industry, they needed labour force. More workers means more sells, and more sells means more money, more money means more power; what the USSR searched for. As for the paid maternity leaves, somes states have it, some don't. The US doesn't like to pay people to do nothing (whether it is maternity or adoption) in general so, not surprising either. It's because it'd represent a huge loss of money for them, even though that's harsh for single mothers.

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

The sad part is that all of this used to be possible in Iran at one point.

[@soniasmundanelife]

ErklaerMirDieWelt I think we're the only people that look at past photos of our country and think it's the future, we're just gone backwards

[@bananasmatter1321]

@@alb0zfinest yes, they advanced women's rights. Everyone starves! Not just men or women.

[@thomasshininberg5392]

I as a native Russian speaker was able to recognize some words, and it's such an interesting feeling а тЫ нЕ УмЕеШь ШиТь Не умЕЕшь

[@lusia5685]

I CAN LOL

[@nowanknows7131]

same so many words are the same just pronounced differently

[@ЮлияЁлшина-ю1о]

Same for me, and also Polish words are so colourful - I mean "сiuchy" (clothes) sounds like it has this subtle irony, similar I think to "szmotki" in Russian)) Really, perhaps it comes from the idea that it's wrong to be interested in fashion, when you should be breaking socialist records? Шмотки, чушки - and no equivalent in English

[@sylphmade]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@AM-qq7jf]

@@ЮлияЁлшина-ю1о Actually, it works the same way for polish speakers. "Szmotki" sounds as polish "szmatki" (which is basically the same as "ciuchy" but it also can have negative conotation) and it's ironic af. xD

[@istannen5679]

i love it, so educational and fun to watch at the same time! i’ve snorted when your cat slapped you 😂 also every other word i hear sounds almost the same in ukrainian and it’s so funny how i can understand half of it even without subtitles 😂 but it’s really nice to hear you speak both polish and english, keep it up🌚

[@amberkamau3719]

"I'm going to bake a brain. Seriously. Life's full of surprises" YOU'RE SO FUNNY I CAN'T WITH YOU.

[@RomTheVacuumedSpider]

I'm an anthropology undergrad and history nut with a stupid obsession with fashion and your channel has been my favorite combo of the 2 for years now. Love this video, the in depth analysis on Stalinism and it's effects on fashion are so interesting. Thanks mom 💕

[@elzaweiss8662]

20stolecie miedzywojenne w Polsce... pleaseeee 😘😘😘

[@smhfroeg]

finally an informative channel about fashion, plus it is really entertaining??? I felt in love with Poland last year, the country, the and language and especially the people OOOoF would like to thrift in Kraków again

[@isabellejoachain1668]

Awww yes meme mom! More Polish content please, the language is so beautiful! Much love from Belgium 😊

[@cryinglaughingemoji1741]

The hair thing is similar with here in indonesia. Perm was big back then, but the curls isn't as complex as it was in american or french. If you watches 1950's indonesian movies some of the stars wear their hair permed and go. Also long hair was already a thing in 1950's indonesia.

[@Mokoshhy]

Can you tell me Indonesian 1950s movies stars names Im interested how they looked like :D

[@marianaochodkova7230]

Hi from the Czech Republic! I live near Polish borders and it's so lovely hearing you speak your native language

[@dancing_on_the_valentine_83]

Ahoj! Kde bydliš? Ja bydlim v Těšíně v Polsku :)

[@marianaochodkova7230]

@@dancing_on_the_valentine_83 Ahoj, v Ostravě, ale babičku mám v Českém Těšíně, takže mluví ponašemu :)

[@dancing_on_the_valentine_83]

@@marianaochodkova7230 Druhé muž mojí prababičky byl Čech, tak mam velkou rodinu v Čechách :) Zdravím!

[@beanzontozd]

I'm early and I FREAKING LOVE THIS!!!! I love hearing you speak polish it's so beautiful!!!

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

Lol my brain split in two reading subtitles and listening to Polish, I forget how many words are similar to Italian! I feel post war Italian fashion was a lot similar, you probably had wealthier people in big cities being trendsetters and whatnot, but both my grandmothers lived in small towns and both had jobs, they just wore lipstick, blouses and a-line/ pleated skirts they either made themselves or had someone make for them. They also knitted most of the garments in the family, from socks to jumpers, along with my great grandmothers, which had most of the housework while my grandparents were at work.

[@pitur5492]

polish have huge amount of words from italian, french and vulgar latin

[@leonidchichibabi2383]

i'm russian and by the sound of your speech i felt like i should understand it but i couldn't much and this situation gave my brain a hard time figuring out what's going on

[@gamzeaalden]

Leonid Chichibabi That’s how I feel when I’m in Ireland & hear someone speaking in Irish... it sounds so much like English with an Irish accent but I have no clue what they’re saying!

[@AJ-uo5zl]

it happens with Spanish and Greek too! hearing the right sounds but not understanding them really disturbs your reality

[@rat3367]

Ironically , I have a school project about Poland.

[@patricias.c.5337]

Uncultured Swine wow that sounds so cool. I dont even expect that somebody have to do a profect about Poland. If you want, I can help with something;) I'm Polish, soo I can come with handy! That open you some many ways to realised your project haha W takim razie cześć!😂

[@grumpyoldteentv3339]

Well I had to do a project about Poland but we had to choose a country then write a report about the country we chose

[@rachaelholden327]

Don't speak a lick of Polish but I LOVED hearing it!! 😊 and about the time period from a European perspective!

[@richeau]

I've been watching you for so long now that your animated movements are enough of a subtitle for me lol (it's a good thing! I love your personality)

[@seattlegirl28]

Meme mom strikes again- sooo informative yet also entertaining! My mother was born in Poland in 1955 and spent her first 20 or so years living in Lubliniec (Silesia), before she and her older sister fled to West Germany. This video really helped me get more of a sense of the world they were born into- it's also making me regret that I never learned Polish... Greetings from Germany!

[@annaw7437]

Moja mama szyje cudownie i mnie również nauczyła jak byłam nastolatką. Nadal używam jej nieśmiertelny Łucznik. Teraz szycie sukni na czyjś ślub czy Christmas party jest super umiejętnością i zawsze robi wrażenie (zwłaszcza gdy ma się 179cm wzrostu i bardzo krągłe kształty i kupienie czegoś gotowego, co NIE wygląda jak ciotka klotka, graniczy z cudem). Pozdrowienia z Londynu x Ps. Moja mama jest inżynierem, nie krawcową ;-)

[@Nikoletoskovici]

So fun listening to Polish and actually being able to recognize some similar words to Romanian 💘 I always love how both entertaining and educational your videos are. Makes me wanna rummage through my mother's old sewing books, although I doubt she still has someting from the '50s

[@FRANKIE-ed8yb]

The Polish language sounds so beautiful! There are many words similar to some from Romanian. Hope you'll post more content in Polish meme mom ❤️

[@Sanecrist]

I have never had an interest in Polish until now. I've had a long list of languages I'd like to learn. It's shortened and expanded over the years depending on how cynical I'm feeling. But this sounds like Russian and German had a baby and vacationed in France every summer so it picked up an accent on certain words. I looked it up that seems to be an accurate description. I'm not fluent in any language but English, but I am picking out different sounds from those languages. It's really fascinating to listen to and makes me wonder if I should pursue Polish to help me learn those languages. Bridge a gap if you will.

[@nadajniczek]

Beeing polish I must say that your comparing to Russian+German= baby raised in France is kind of unique and interesting. You've got an excellent hearing and should larn some languages because it could come naturally to you :) ! I will explain it: Polish is a slavic language which is simmilar (from those 3 you mentioned) only to Russian in some case... but it's definitelly more hard (the german thing) an has it's own unique really, really ancient syllabes like: ą, ę, sz, cz, ż etc. - the same you can hear in some french words (written differently). What more I can say. Russia and Garmany (and german speaking Austria) torn our country apart one day and it dissapeared from the map of europe for 123 years. Those time the most intelligent poles emigrated to France to study, write books, making music and make other arts etc. and French became a very important language in Poland. We have actually got A LOT of influences from that three languages you mentioned, even if polish is so so unique. Congratulations and just start doing something with your hearing skill ! 😁🌼 you got straight to the point! 😁

[@Motyl3k69]

I'm so happy I stumbled upon you on youtube! This is an incredible video and really makes me understand my grandmother better. She's the most important person to me and even though I've been visiting Poland since I was a little girl (Born in Canada), your content really sheds more light on the situation at the time as my grandma doesn't like reminiscing about the hardships of her past. Love you and you should definitely do more Polish videos!

[@Monfalim]

Thank you for taking the time of writing and timing the subtitles :) this must have take you so long and I appreciate that. Love from France

Love these kind of videos! But please insert pictures when you give examples ! that would be awesome! greetings from south america!

[@magpie_girl3741]

I know what you mean. But this is a part of marketing, we must be so hungry that we must buy the book :) BTW. I ordered it last week and I can't wait for it :)

magpie_girl you’re right ! Thank you!

[@magpie_girl3741]

@ Karolina said that she recommend to watch some Polska Kronika Filmowa's (PKF) videos but they were for me ass a Pole (knowing what they are saying) really depressive, really :'( kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX2qpmOro7F0pc0 You don't need to understand Polish too know what a bullshit they were selling to people (18:28 in the above video) It's about tuna fishing in Sweden. What propaganda is about: Fishermen wait for tuna for weeks. Wait they just catched the fish - the fish weighs only 200 kg. Look at boat, high chair, fishing rod and dead fish :'(

[@elcolicous]

3:04 Filemon nie da sobie w kaszę dmuchać.

[@owidia6746]

Z chęcią obejrzałabym więcej! Nie mogę się doczekać aż dostanę w swoje łapki twoją książkę ❤ uwielbiam klimaty vintage i ubolewam że tak mało ich na polskim yt 😟

[@iinaa123]

Polish is such a beautiful yet hard language

[@lyraavdeeva5819]

Also what's the thing all Slavic peoples have in common to name their cats Philemon...

[@BabyDevilFace]

CAT PHILEMON WAS THE BEST CARTOON OF MY CHILDHOOD

[@kamanonickname]

The cartoon

@@BabyDevilFace IT'S LIFE

[@Olcia27]

Where are Bonifacy's tho? :(

[@kamanonickname]

@@Olcia27 if I ever get black cat I'll bame him Bonifacy

[@ambientacademy]

My mom is half Polish and I've been learning so much about Polish history from you these past few months, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, would love to visit Poland one day! ❤🙏🇵🇱

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

I have to say, Polish is very pleasing to the ears. It's interesting hearing you speaking in Polish. :D

[@teress7948]

I am from Slovakia so i understood like 40% of what you were saying cause it's very similar... but without english subtitles i would be lost af anyway so thnx for that 😂❤️

[@sedmokraskadieta1485]

AGirlHasNoName omg a Slovak

[@Terrus_38]

I as a Pole understand about 70-80% of Slovak speech :) I was this summer in Bardejov :)

[@ladyshecone7740]

I am in love with the 50s but have are hard time finding good 50s tutorials if you ever get bored I would love to see you do some in depth 50s ideas or even some information on that time era. You are my favorite vintage KZbinr please keep making videos!

[@keilajimenez749]

You know, I'm mexican, and you motivated me to do a research about the fashion in my country in the last century, cause I don't really know anything about it! (Btw, it's so funny to see you speak in polish haha because I don't understand anything hahaha, but sound really cool!) thanks for the video! you look very pretty!

[@WafflesOinc]

Me too, except I’m brazilian. It’s funny how we end up knowing more about the fashion history of other countries than our own!

[@conawa7903]

¡Que cool! No pensé encontrarme a otra mexicana por estos rumbos, te súper recomiendo ir al museo del zapato en la Ciudad de México

[@laynegarten9230]

I really love your in-depth explanations of how it really was in Poland and those eras. The fashion is great but the details of why and how really make these videos incredible. I love your work. You are amazing and I never get bored or tired of your videos. I am always excited to see a new one pop up. Thank you for sharing your passion with the rest of the world.

[@torontoguy1097]

I think it is great that you are doing vids in Polish with subtitles and showing things from a Polish point of view!

[@rubygonzalez6745]

Love this video, I really enjoyed hearing you speak polish because it isn't a language I am at all familiar with and you seemed really in your element here talking about polish history! Literally one of my new favorite videos!

[@AP-pk9gw]

"How to look like your grandma" -> well, im so into that because my grandma was stylish

[@TheMimiSard]

As is true with watching anything in a language one doesn't understand, I paid very good attention to the subtitles. However it iis nice to listen to the lanuage, even if I don't understand it, simply because it gives me a little idea of it's tone and rhythm, and how fast it can be spoken at. THat final bit showing what the outfit looks like makes me think that if this is pretty elegant for the time, that scene would totally work as a scene of a young lady waiting for a dinner guest to arrive.

[@MrsMagdalenaKamila]

To ty jesteś Polką?? Lol, nie wiedziałam! A YT tyle razy podsyłał mi twoje filmiki w proponowanych 😍 A wracając do tematu- moda z lat 50' to mój ulubiony okres, cieszę się, że nagrałaś ten filmik po polsku 😃

[@shaza1913]

Jesteś przezajebista. Zgadzam się z wypowiedzią, która już tu padła, że media powinny promować osoby, takie jak Ty. Które mają coś mądrego i ciekawego do powiedzenia, do tego jeszcze jeśli dzielą się niespotykaną na każdym kroku zajawką i wiedzą, to już eksplozja mózgu. I trza dodać, że tak przyjemnie się Cię słucha po angielsku. 🖤 Gratulacje wydania książki!!!

[@euskopost.5354]

Thank you for once again being so down to earth and for generously sharing the precious fruits of your research with us

[@zocansew]

This was so interesting! It's nice to hear your perspective. Also, ITS NOT FAIR. YOU CAN LITERALLY WEAR ANYTHING AND MAKE IT WORK 😭

[@SanktaLo]

I love your videos in Polish! I don’t speak it, but it’s really interesting to hear you speak it and subtitles are always a thing.

[@rinwesley3092]

Can't understand a lick of Polish but I love hearing you speak it! So sexy. And thanks for the history lesson. So fascinating to hear how eastern Europe coped in the aftermath of WWII. I love history, so I think I"m going to research this further.

[@xj7923]

Yay, bardzo ciekawy filmik. Nie bardzo orientuje się w modzie z tamtych czasów, moja żyjąca babcia mieszkała na wsi i często wspomina, że wieszość rzeczy robiła sama, szyła sukienki na maszynie, robiła swetry, wtedy miała dowolność co do koloru i kroju.

[@magpie_girl3741]

Moja też. Szczerze się przyznam, że do tej pory, wydawało mi się, że to 'normalna' umiejętność każdej kobiety (przynajmniej żyjącej w czasach PRL).

[@dylanbamford2434]

You always shine a light on history in such a fun way, even with the less-than-fun aspects, but so respectfully too. It's really important to expose and explore history from all the differing global perspectives because mainstream education or knowledge tends to span the UK and US, with occasional flashes of France, Germany and Italy (for the most part, anyway, especially with fashion)

[@TheKarrostar]

I loved that you talked polish in this one! As I'm half polish I'm trying to learn more and this video really helped :) Dziekuje

[@Julia-dx3pd]

While watching this I realized that my gradma was a young lady during that time and she was from silesia (is that the right word), so she maybe dressed a little bit like that and now I feel fond and sad at the same time .. thank u Karolina, this is keeping me sane in quarantine!

[@joecasey907]

I really like this video. But it would be easier to understand what you were talking about if you had put pictures of the styles you were talking about on screen. I love to see how the political situation in Poland effected fashion.

[@yurushiko2721]

Joe Casey Yeah, i would love that too

the thing is, the photographs I have are from private archives, and the designs that appear in the magazines are mostly reprints of French fashion. so for photos of what regular women actually wore you would need street style photos, and that wasn't really a thing back then; the photographs from the era usually don't focus on fashion for the reasons I mentioned in the video, and the official photographs feature mostly men. so the only valuable, easily accessible graphic source left is the movies, which I can't include for copyright reasons. try searching for Polska Kronika Filmowa though - a lot of episodes are here on youtube and some of them feature shots of the streets.

[@joecasey907]

@ thanks

[@gemmamonia]

Dzisiaj odkryłam Twój kanał i zakochałam się! Nie wiem dlaczego, ale słuchanie jak opowiadasz o modzie jest niezwykle relaksujące :) Masz nowego suba i na pewno spędzę sporo czasu na Twoim kanale. A co do sukienki - wygląda prawie identycznie jak ulubiona sukienka mojej babci z tamtych czasów. Zawsze mi się zresztą strasznie podobała :)

[@littlemissy2546]

Nasza Polska babcia miała ciocie w US w Santa Monica CA. Dostawała paczki, najlepsze zjawisko było zapoznanie się z... kokosem. Najcenniejsza opowieść i doświadczenie babci z czasów jej dzieciństwa, jak otrzymywała takie paczki od ciotki z Ameryki 🤣 jednak mówiła, że te paczki były otwierane i czasem nie docierały takie rzeczy jak zwłaszcza: biżuteria, pieniądze, zestawy porcelanowe czy niektóre ubrania. Babcia mówiła, że ciocia miała w liście napisane co jest w środku, a że paczka już (było widać) była przedtem otwierana, to zawsze było tak, że nie wszystko trafiało. Ale przynajmniej kokos trafił 🤣

[@agnieszkaaleksandrowicz9389]

I jak tu się przestawić z powrotem na polski? Moja babcia nosiła wtedy na głowie koczek z warkocza sięgającego za pośladki, ale sukienki bardzo podobne w kroju. Zegarek też był elementem codziennego ubioru. Potem doszły broszki. Czekam na premierę książki. Bardzo mnie ciekawi jej zawartość.

[@lau_moonchild2756]

I love that many Polish words are almost the same in my native language Slovak, so I understand something :D please do more vids in Polish

[@sweetcleo123]

I am Bulgarian(also former European communist county) and I was a child in the 80s. I remember Polish tourists coming to our seaside for vacation. My grandma was a fashionista (as much as was possible at the time), sewed her own clothes from Burda (the German fashion magazine, which was a most prized possession to get your hands on and only possible in later socialism as was also explained in the video). My grandma always looked her best with lipstick and salon hair visits once a week. She taught me: a lady cannot go out without a bag! So every summer we would meet the Polish ladies on the beach, who had more access to better quality makeup. I still remember there was this pink lipstick and nail polish that was a big hit at the time. She would buy or exchange it for rose perfume. Thanks for the video - it brought up many memories of my grandma and I remembered where my love for dressing well comes from.

[@daddalie]

I have a Swedish women's style guidebook from the 50's and it recommends those muddy muted colors (especially for women of a certain age) as they flatter most colorings, so it def. was not only in the Eastern bloc

[@sweetiedahling8137]

I’m new to this channel but I’m so happy to see some non British/American/French historical fashion, and I’m not even Polish! Also: hearing you speak your native tongue & English on a very successful YT channel makes me feel better about my accent. New subscriber!

[@Kira_Yoshikage959]

*cat slap

[@sapphira31]

I rewatched that!

[@aqua5516]

@@sapphira31 Me too! 😂

[@Clarify4]

3:03

[@BertFSail]

I _love_ how informative, humorous and entertaining your content is! And I just love seeing you grow and enjoy what you're doing. Thank you for creating such amazing things.

[@elizabetha3936]

Thank you for doing the research and putting all this together! Quality content right here.

[@dgm102again]

More like this, please Karolina! I love seeing accounts of vintage fashion from countries other than the UK or the US

[@blukatzen]

Czesc Karolina! I am a Polish-American woman living in Polonia in Chicago. My grandparents came from Poland around the turn of the last century and had my parents here, so they were first generation. They spoke Polish, and I spoke it more as a child, but after the grandparents die off, well, the parents spoke it as a "secret language" but I could count, so at least I knew how much they were spending on the stuff they were talking about, lol. When we were growing up in the 60's, we always had a LOT of parcel boxes to fill with clothes going to Poland (my family was from between Krosno and Rzeszow, so part of the family is Galician.) My grandmother sent my mother's wedding dress for a cousin, and my aunt's had lots of clothes, and they also shopped the Thrift stores for clothes to send to the Village if someone needed something. I head that they sewed a lot, and if something was too small or big, it was amended. The clothes were prized and folks were happy, because it was American-made. They also sent nylons and other things like bras, panties, boots, shoes, purses, etc. Anything that would have been unused or discarded went there. I don't mean to say all we gave them was junk, but the good stuff had a "second go round" if you catch my drift. We also sent needed things like medicine, bandages, aspirin, and women's monthly supplies were sent regularly. My aunts and grandparents must have spent a small fortune, but everyone in Chicago was like that and we all kept our boxes, half packed, on the back porches or basements until they were assembled and sent out with a monthly trip to the Post office. Since the 70's, we had parcels sent via Polamer and other shippers to Poland. Just so you know what we did to keep our families and their friends who might not have had anyone living in Polonia in the US cities, with large Polish Populations like Chicago, Detroit, New York, Milwaukee, etc. We kept you guys going.

[@catherinewisniewski4333]

Ahhhh as a canadian, who has polish parents and speaks polish at home… this completed my soul… please make more content in polish!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lan8005]

Im angry... Why doesn't she do these in polish more often?

[@onaonaona8573]

Cause she is polisch

[@lan8005]

@@onaonaona8573 eh? I meant that I wanted her to do more of these?

[@blythe4336]

This was WONDERFUL to be recommended! Thank you for the dive into the fashion world In Poland! I think you still look absolutely beautiful, there is a lot to be said for women in simple dresses, i love wearing dresses and fashion from the 40’ and 50’s is something I’ve always absolutely loved! SUBSCRIBED AND I WILL BE WATCHING MORE! 😁

[@irinaiacob8833]

And here come the Romanians who thought (some still think) that everything made outside of Romania is better than anything Romania could ever make. Hence Polish items were in high demand and older generations still think that Polish goods are SO good. -not trying to say they're not good, just that some stuff Romanians make are just as good; and pointing out the fact that Polish people didn't like the fabrics they produced.. And yes you dressed VERY elegantly for the period. makeup or no makeup. you'd go to a party dressed like that ;) including a wedding.

[@folded_pizza]

I love the history lesson inserted. Makes the video so much more interesting. Please make more videos like this!

[@beeizzles]

Loved hearing your native tongue! And learning some polish history.

[@richardw2566]

I'm very late to the party. My daughter just introduced me to your channel. I speak a bit of Polish and got a hoot out listening to a true Polish speaker for the first time in many years. Please do more of these in your beautiful native language. I need the practice. 😊😊

[@BeverleyButterfly]

This was so interesting I loved learning more about your country and hearing you speak your own language I loved it xx

[@wumologia]

Dzięki, że odsłaniasz przed światem szerzej nieznane, a straszliwe annały polskiej historii mody! Twoja kiecuchna przypomniała mi stare fotki Poświatowskiej, choć poetka znana była z tego, że nosiła również sukienki na ramiączkach (na okropnym spiczastym staniku, a przynajmniej tak to wygląda.) Na pewno kupię Twoją książkę. :)

[@youthshenka]

Świetnie się Ciebie słucha po Polsku, chciałabym więcej filmików w ojczystym języku

[@annanowak147]

Świetny odcinek. Większość dostępnych - czy też raczej popularnych - materiałów traktuje o modzie zachodniej, dobrze wiedzieć, jak to wyglądało z polskiej perspektywy w tamtym okresie. Dzięki za polecenie Polskiej Kroniki Filmowej, niby wszyscy wiedzą, że była propaganda, ale to trzeba zobaczyć, żeby uwierzyć. Reklama książki totalnie działa :D

[@samesylviaplath]

Jak miło zobaczyć coś o polskiej modzie, co jest merytoryczne, aaa! Przy okazji dopiszę Twoją książkę do listy prezentów pod choinkę. (Przyczepię się tylko, że ubrań się nie ubiera, a wkłada :( )

[@laika9105]

zakłada, nie wkłada

[@samesylviaplath]

sjp.pwn.pl/poradnia/haslo/wkladac-czy-zakladac;6196.html

[@zaczarowanapieknem9774]

A ja ubieram ubrania i chodzę ubrana :) zupełnie tak samo jak kiedy wkładam ubrania i chodzę ubrana ;)

[@wastemysh0t01]

I really love your videos ! ❤️❤️ I haven’t met a lot of Polish people before, so learning Poland’s fashion history is so interesting.