Reviewing Safiya Nygaard's "Vintage Makeovers"

[@astralsheepu7379]

"her problem is that shes too good at makeup" is such a sweet insult tf

[@anthonyfox585]

Cheshie loopis it's so true though lol early 2000's makeup was so bad at least imo

[@SebiHemke]

@@anthonyfox585 remember Paris Hilton with silver eyeshadow all over the eye? that was a ....... .............. look?

[@bsidethebox]

It instantly reminded me of that "how I did my makeup in high school" thing that was popular on KZbin a while ago, and everyone was just slathering stuff on with fingers and those little foam eyeshadow applicators and moaning about how patchy it was and how much they missed their beauty blenders. 😂

[@Dropla]

Warning, full on trigger reaction *** It's also a wrong comment. I'm pretty sure SHE was just too young to care, doesn't mean ADULTS weren't doing that. FFS I was DEFINITELY blending in crazy purples and blues with black since the 90's. It's a realllly self centered view. "Oh, I was 15 maybe and i didn't care about make up, so, no one did. SMFH.

[@Hunlover123601]

sweetest insult ever

[@Charuchii]

One thing I also like about Safiya's videos is that she often doesn't say "this is what they wore," she says "this particular outfit was inspired by,"

[@JasonLeeIsAGod]

Yes! She's more about "inspired by" than trying to be an exact copy. I don't know if she would even want to pull off an exact copy.

[@beauandlexiebarnes1110]

I would wear colorful eyeshadow in the 2000’s no it wasn’t well done like today but I would pair that with the signature raccoon eyes of the era. Also the dresses length is probably because safiya is pretty tall

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

Right, Saf picked the major styles that were seen a LOT or publicized in TV and magazines. For example in the 80s my mom was in her 30s and turned 40 at the tail end and I was a baby up to 10 (in 89), so my mom looked much more 60s and 70s style because she was a stay at home mom and raising me (born 79) and having my 2 brothers (82 and 85) so she was not worried about updating her wardrobe and her makeup style has never changed, ever and she only wore makeup going to work (she was an accountant and went back part time when I was little until my brothers came along) or when going to school events or out to dinner (rarely). BUT the teenager who sometimes babysat me fully had big 80s hair and makeup. It is hard to pinpoint everything perfectly, but Saf definitely tried a lot harder than these bigger videos that slap anything together.

[@Irvingstark]

Yeah! Course it's not like everyone did, thought, and grew up the same way! So yes ever back in the 1940 or 1960 not everyone like the same thing with clothes.

[@TehMomo_]

@@louisxvii2137 well...that came out of no where...

[@craigdraw4606]

“I hope she doesn’t hate me for this video” “She’s too good at makeup” Iconic

[@spaghetti7180]

_ok but why are there 1000+ likes, being over a course of a year, and still no replies save for mine???_

[@wendysflute515]

@@spaghetti7180 bc what's the point of replying to a statement

[@MsLemon42]

@@spaghetti7180 It is a statement that stands alone and doesn’t require any additional commentary.

[@samithprinklez1093]

The 50s dress is probably short on her because she's so tall. Something like 5'9-5'10". It would likely be hard to find anything long enough for her that's truly vintage.

[@tinabeana4495]

I think she mentioned "but it is a vintage dress so theres not much you can do about it."

[@maggiemcfly5267]

She's that tall?! I just thought Tyler was short lol

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@maggiemcfly5267 both statements are true

[@xmamam2x]

Didn't she mentioned that she's 5'12? Like a couple of years back in an old BuzzFeed video?

[@ConstantChaos1]

@@xmamam2x I'm pretty sure that was a joke since 5'12" would be 6'

[@ryn8613]

In the 90's video when you were pointing out the hair, all I was thinking was "maybe because its washed?". The 90's hairstyles were very... greasy

[@whitestrokes]

................ you're right.

[@ryn8613]

@CWV Writes oh yeah, my brother lived off of gel. But it still looks wet regardless of what it actually was

[@ryn8613]

@CWV Writes agreed. I always wonder if it's related to the sweaty, grunge culture that was aggressive in the 90s too

[@lone6718]

You would also need to look for a lot of faded. More 90’s inspired things are clearly not 90’s for all sorts a of reasons, not just cleanliness. Lol

[@ryn8613]

@@lone6718 not completely following what you just said there sorry

[@kittymarie397]

I love that most of the "criticism" is that she is too good at makeup

[@pringlebingle]

Or she washed her hair too much

[@AlaDobiegaa]

666th like, I can feel satan being proud.

[@friendlygrotesque2941]

@@AlaDobiegaa i destroyed it i'm sorry

[@gandhianastacio4644]

half of the criticism is basically just "stop having clean hair and good makeup. it's too nice!"

[@jazcarluccio4505]

The criticism about the makeup had to do with not being accurate in portraying the times they were inspired by. It’s not too “good,” it’s too modern

[@themurrrr]

Safiya can handle critique. She is one of the more reasonable and mature youtubers. They are a rarity, for sure.

[@redheartsunglasses]

@Strawberrymilk *I a n g u a g e*

[@redheartsunglasses]

@Strawberrymilk ty

[@javierescuella2917]

Well that's not what Daniel said about her on the Escape The Night set but i still love her

[@lianahartandi2267]

@@javierescuella2917 It was never stated to be safiya though???

[@javierescuella2917]

@@lianahartandi2267 yes he did he was so unprofessional about it

[@silverandexact]

Seeing the notification: "oh no, Karolina's coming for Safiya!" After watching: *wipes brow in cartoonish relief *

[@daniellemhall1358]

Shea Pierson my reaction exactly.

[@chelbelle2005]

She’s going to snatch her mirkin

[@Shiaa.24]

Shea our names are kinda similar

[@clau2096]

“She looks like she’s about to speak to the manager” 😂I died

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

So basically a Karen lol.

[@user-ck9lm6xi1o]

SsFinch with dolls Straight up called her a Karen. The most savage criticism of the whole video lol

[@jagodakit]

Jesse James Atencio ; she’s about to end this whole man’s career.

[@koolkitty108]

She’s not a Karen, though. :(

[@monikaa3587]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

Saf is like almost 6 foot, so she's hella tall, finding skirts that are long enough is a struggle lol

[@lpibeans7152]

BlackDawnYaoiLover she’s 5’9

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

@@lpibeans7152 According to Google, she's 5' 10", which is almost 6'

[@arshiaafrin3656]

Yeah, bit does she wear size 13 nikes

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

Google and see

[@isabelarozario6937]

@@arshiaafrin3656 MENS size 13

[@Ytho767]

My Polish meme mom talking about my American meme mom

[@alinaumer7543]

Ytho Yesssss!

[@pavneet05]

I connect spiritually w your profile picture 😔✊

[@NoOne-vz9dz]

@@pavneet05 same 😔👊

[@Avantisnailss]

Ytho literally the best of both worlds

[@btsforlife1276]

@@pavneet05 same

[@ollivergalaxy6785]

but imagine; Karolina and Saf being thug victorian ladies together

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

It needs to happen. lol That would be so cool!

[@isadilawtatlo]

and then john maclean

[@finnkatz]

Yes bat momma and victorian meme lady

[@OFftoTgerAces]

I would love that so much! Especially since Saf is very much a “early 2000’s meme” herself.

[@skytheonepunchfan3482]

Ellie Drew oh yes,that sounds awesome

[@Annalovesautumn]

I think when Safiya gets a pro to help with hair, things get much more authentic. She knows when to ask for an assist. She's also 5'9 and solidly built, so I imagine it would be challenging to find true vintage that really fits her frame. (Speaking from similar experience!)

[@Annalovesautumn]

@Samuel Norman Oh dang! Thanks for the correction, I'm not sure why I had that number.

[@Angelaius]

Wow 😮 i thoight she much smaller becaus she is solid like how you said. But haha im 5'1 a dwarf 😆

[@cintivla]

her height is actually 5’9, so you were correct. she reveals it in her zozosuit video.

[@Skswords825]

@@cintivla she said she was 6'0/5'11 in another video lmfao wtf is she changing heights? xD

[@chloesmith4584]

@@Skswords825 I think I know what video you're thinking of, it was a different person that said they were 5'11, Safiya's always been 5'9 haha

[@sonyafirefly3879]

Okay, those first three outfits made me feel incredibly ancient. Slowly realizing that the nineties and early 2000s are considered 'vintage" now. It's weirding me out.

[@aliveslice]

I hate to recognize them as "that look".

[@naturalbodyandskincare9965]

Sonya Firefly they’re not considered vintage though? 1800s- late 1950s is considered vintage

[@koolkitty108]

Early 2000s are considered old now? Oh, shoot. I was a kid back then, but both of my siblings were teenagers.

[@KasumiRINA]

@@koolkitty108 yeah, you ain't getting away with Limp Bizkit-inspired outfit now)))

[@Miss98Bumble]

Natural Body and skincare 60s and 70s clothes are definitely considered vintage

[@ravenm6443]

One thing I also think is important is that she says “inspired”. She tries really hard to find exact or very close.

[@saraa3418]

Safiya is really fun and goofy, but I appreciate her intellect and her dedication to gathering data. When she strays into history or science I think she does a good job. I'm not a fashion historian or a chemist, nor do I play one on TV.

[@nodezsh]

I liked her playing with soap hacks. She was like "I know these hacks are not going to work (because they never do) but here's how soap works, and here's what happens when you try doing this hack, and here's what happens to your lungs when you inhale lye vapour, and there's my time and money, flying away"

[@ollivyr]

im so glad you didnt do my girl dirty, buzzfeed's put her thru enough

[@pringlebingle]

Doctor Doom basically she couldn’t make any content outside of buzzfeed, all of it was owned by buzzfeed.

[@nicolaslg1421]

Buzzfeed being a bunch of scumbags? What a shock...

[@sarahhatch6897]

And she was basically forced to make viral videos 24/7 with limited resources and in INSANELY QUICKLY plus she had to not only appear on camera for her own videos she produced but she was also one of I believe 4 girls who ran the buzzfeed spin off "lady like" where they also had to produce viral videos cheaply at an unreasonably fast rate

[@erosetol]

@@sarahhatch6897 What also sucks is, I think Saf actually came up with the idea for ladylike.

[@eliiiza6761]

@@erosetol yeah, she and Freddie

[@OMGitsaClaire]

I really appreciate this. As a history person (a history professional in fact) watching people try to do historical clothes can be a bit cringey. But she’s really trying. She’s not just regurgitating information from a book that synthesized what fashion from a particular era is, she actually went to primary sources like catalogs and magazines and photo references. Right now I’m in the process from switching myself over from rural 1850’s American South to small Southern city on the edge of the “West” circa 1819 and am poring through every first hand source for 1819 fashion I can get my hands on then filtering it through the types of fabrics advertised by the local merchants and knowing what life was like for an upper middle class woman in cotton country in 1819. It’s a lot and a non professional wouldn’t have to look that closely but Safiya really did her research more than I’d expect a layman to do and put everything in context. Because let’s be real; interpreting history is about 90% putting things in context.

[@dodisrestorationandrepair6339]

I very much appreciate your dedication. Might I suggest that you investigate the river cities? Places like Chattanooga, TN were "frontier" towns in that era, along with the Mississippi river towns. As much as I love my state, Alabama was the "in between" frontier and not much in your chosen era shows up. The capitol of the time was Catawba, now lost to shifting river currents, so there might be a fruitful line of inquiry there. Wishing you much luck in your endeavors!

[@LDrosophila]

It's really difficult I tried just putting together an outfit from 1980 I wanted something I could wear to work and just trying to find the right pieces is hard.

[@Skittl1321]

IIRC, she went to Stanford. She's smart, so it makes sense she would synthesize her research well.

[@koolkitty108]

Safiya is amazing with this type of stuff honestly. She’s like the only one of them who actually tries. I want to see her making a video of 1920s or 40s fashion at one point too

[@andshereadstoo7809]

*Karolina praising Safiya for 17 minutes straight*

[@koolkitty108]

Wholesome... we need a collab together

[@koh5251]

@@koolkitty108 they*

[@koh5251]

@@koolkitty108 ._.

[@lottie5323]

Besides that time Karolina basically called her a Karen

[@koolkitty108]

@@lottie5323 eh, not really

[@Avantisnailss]

Yanno when Safiya says “I did some research” that means she made a whole frikin spreadsheet and a half about this topic

[@ElenaGlitch]

“I mean I wasn’t that emo-“ You’ve exposed yourself. Join us former emo teenagers.

[@gyumtsofuhrer2748]

They said all TEENAGERS SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF ME-

[@Giovannarib]

IT'S NOT A PHASE, MOM! IT'S A LIFESTYLE

[@Giovannarib]

I'm in

[@gyumtsofuhrer2748]

@@Giovannarib It really isn't just a phase for us REAl emos:) good old emos... Come together and reunite

[@Giovannarib]

@@gyumtsofuhrer2748 you're definitely right 🖤

[@benconners713]

Safiya Nygaard: Does literally two things. Karolina: I'm so impressed.

[@bluesparrow534]

*Glamour and Allure has left the chat*

[@ayanamii5334]

Nice pfp

[@bluesparrow534]

@@ayanamii5334 thanks your pfp is nice too uwu

[@patrickstar796]

And cut

[@222o-u3t]

@@patrickstar796 Don't even with Cut. Cheap, mass-produced content whose only gimmick is that it's "woke" but its actually annoying and dumb asf

[@annamwangi289]

Cry bot She said Glamour and Hundred Years of videos..... Not Allure.

[@xero1119]

"I hope she never sees this, I would be hurt if I saw a video pointing out all my mistakes" "she's just TOO good at makeup"

[@nebula541]

Honestly I'd love for Saf to react to this vid. I feel like she can handle criticism well & wouldn't mind at all.

[@nodezsh]

@@nebula541 I mean, even if she didn't take criticism well, she wasn't exactly _roasted_ here. See the backhanded insult above. [I'm probably never gonna use that term again.]

[@JasminMiettunen]

You two should definitely do a more elaborate look together! She can handle the forties herself, but a full 1770-1775 French Marie Antoinette masquerade ball look? I'm begging you to make that video

[@koolkitty108]

Yes, and we still need a 40s look from Safiya. She would do that so well

[@ellens3447]

I think it's def the eyebrows that are throwing me off in the 90s looks? Saf has lovely thick eyebrows. Maybe if she did a 90s look again she could employ the good old drag queen trick of gluing them down!

[@radmoonable]

Saf pointed out in her video that her eyebrows are too thick for 90s and 2000s, but she didn't want to mess with it since she used to pluck her brows when she was young and has started accepting them only as an adult.

[@ellens3447]

moonandback That’s totally fair!! I wouldn’t go plucking out my eyebrows for the sake of a video, they’re sparse enough and Saf is lucky to have the ones she does! I’m glad she’s grown to accept them. Drag queens often glue their eyebrows down and cover them with makeup though so they can draw their eyebrows higher up to leave more space for their eye makeup, so I was just wondering if this would be a good option for Saf to draw in thin brows without having to get rid of her lovely thick brows!

[@tiffprendergast]

Ellen S yup

[@yourneighborhoodfujoshi]

It is that. In the 1990s-early 2000s, thin brows were in. But in the 1990s they were almost nonexistent, almost in a 1930s style. This look reminds me of the look of blonde teenagers, which looking back seemed to be the standard of beauty of the period. Movies, magazines and TV shows of the time highlight this. Then it sort of cemented that period when looking at the major commercial models of the time like Kate Moss, Gisele, Amber Valletta, Claudia Schiffer, and maybe Shalom Harlow. The super sexy women, like Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington sort of fell out of fashion after 1995 though Naomi experienced a rise after 2000. The “waif” look was definitely the dominant look, in every aspect including the straight hair and super highlighted hair of the early 2000s.

[@Orangecatenergy]

I thought the glue eyebrow trick came from cosplay lol

[@MRobo-vt1xl]

Love how respectful you are. Alot of youtubers dont have that trait.

[@notconvinced2204]

Her 90s looks we’re so dead on. But she wasn’t about to pluck her eyebrows to oblivion just for a video.

[@amandarama3314]

watch micharah tewers. she plucked her eyebrows for one specific look, gave herself bangs for another, and dyed and bleached her hair all for the sake of her costume authenticity.

[@ffsidk2978]

Amandarama haha Micarah has the Chaotic Good energy lol

[@elisedutcher4923]

Micara Tewers would!

[@hicsuntdracones9065]

Micarah is the most dedicated to every look out of everyone on the internet

[@ccm199]

1987 Safiya with the red skirt.....yeah. I had an almost EXACT outfit. Same lengths and heights. Except I wore suspenders with mine.

[@gwynisabella9300]

SAME!

[@koolkitty108]

The outfit she was wearing looked like something my mom had. The second one by the way

[@AndromedaCripps]

"...the silhouette is created by the undergarments..." PREACH!!! People don't realize this enough, for all historical fashion!

[@pollyflores418]

Oh I know you said you didn't want Safiya to see this but I hope she sees it!!! I think she'd be glad you appreciated not only the pretty looks but the research!!!

[@OFftoTgerAces]

Poli Flowers that’s how I feel too!

[@lucilasandoval3084]

Oh god yes, Safiya/Karolina colab please

[@miluxor2541]

Safilina or Karofiya? What should we call this ship? *insert crab rave*

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Yeah, I'd totally love to see her dressed up with powdered wigs and stuff XD

[@tundranone8366]

I want to like this to support the idea but it's at 666 likes and I just can't.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

@@tundranone8366 Now you can :p

[@layla-talmedina5733]

YES AND YES AND YES TO THAT. 😍

[@tubapanda]

"I hope Safiya doesn't hate me." Later: "Her makeup is too good." x) Girl, I don't think she'll hate you for telling her she's amazing at makeup

[@misseli1]

My fashion style is one of three things: 1. Whatever's comfortable 2. Whatever outfit I can quickly throw together using what's in my closet 3. Maybe something that looks cute on me, I don't know

[@SebiHemke]

4. whatever is affordable or that I've been given for Christmas

[@koolkitty108]

I’m the first one

[@trinurfav]

luv please review Micarah Tewers' "making historically accurate barbie dresses" lol ty

[@Cute3lla]

YES!! She definitely needs to do review her videos u-u

[@charleslebowski8878]

yes!! i would love that!

[@ayjfr88]

YAS!!!! I think she's going to like Micarah since Micarah really does know what she's talking about.

[@crazycatperson4953]

OMG THEY HAVE TO COLLABBBBB

[@franciaalejandro4522]

yes!!!! omg

[@ConcreteRemedy]

THIS IS WHOLESOME. KZbinrs supporting youtubers is so cool, eventhough you were ready to roast her at the beginning haha

[@trislovescats]

Probably the 50s dress was too short because Safy is so tall! She's around 175 cm tall and being a tall person myself, most dresses fit short 🙌💕

[@pyruvicac.id_]

Yea, think Karolina realised this by saying, "it's a vintage dress" so it's hard to make them longer...

[@iz_u_ru]

175 ain't tall tho

[@trislovescats]

@@iz_u_ru usually 175 is above average for women lmao

[@iz_u_ru]

tris loves cats but it ain't tall It's just above average

[@trislovescats]

@@iz_u_ru yes but still it's hard to find clothes that fits your lenght if you're over 175~ 🙆 That was the point

[@artemiswolf4508]

The thing about hippie fashion was that the whole point of it was “WEAR WHATEVER YOU DESIRE, FLOWER CHILD”. So there’s isn’t really a definitive hippie look. What we think of hippie now is really an amalgamation of broader trends in the community (flower were in fact a common motive) and other trends of the time that weren’t really connected to the movement.

[@AnjiThompson1966]

I think you can say the same of punk. Viv Albertine's autobiography portrays this pretty well. She was the bassist for The Slits and was part of the original punk clique in London. She was Sid Viscious' girlfriend for a while. Anyway, I think that pretty much shows her credentials, lol.

[@artemiswolf4508]

Anji Thompson Thats a great point, maybe it’s just something on human nature, the more distance we are from a set of people the easier it is to put them in cookie cutter categories that aren’t necessarily accurate. Maybe in 30 years people will dress as hipsters in hipster theme party and everyone will think they all looked alike and every teenager at the time was one.

[@AnjiThompson1966]

Considering that unless you were actually a part of the group all you know about is what other people say, be it journalists, fashion photo's, newspaper articles or films from or about the era. So we only see a small sample of information about the group we are interested in. Everything eventually gets reduced to the ephemera left behind. And becomes the homogenised looks, for example, like a fancy dress party.

[@lauramiller1793]

Hippie fashion certainly started out as wear whatever you like but it soon morphed into a recognizable look and there was earl y on a very subtle pressure to conform. I remember being told my look wasn't "cool", that I looked too straight and I was most definitely a hippy dippy child of the 60s. Oh well.

[@breetoldyouso]

I'm so sorry this is such a well thought out and informational comment but all I can focus on is that you're looking for the word "motif" not "motive"

[@RagmaticalRachel]

Her "Actual clothes from the 2000's" is basically my whole closet.

[@creshiell]

My clothes from high school and a couple middle school ones still fit sooooooooooo yeah same

[@koolkitty108]

my sister owned the same exact sweater at 4:52 in like 2007, I swear

[@yacabe]

Hahahaha 😆 I still dress like I'm in high school.

[@RagmaticalRachel]

Hopefully this fits the 20 year cycle rule lol

[@Roserae16]

Can confirm, I can pull shirts and shoes out of my sister's closet that are "vintage" 2008, though they're mostly used as sleep shirts now lol

[@KodiHful]

Lol as somebody who WAS emo in this era, I can say that people did do weird eye makeup. It was definitely inspired by the Riot album covers. I remember doing zebra striped pink and black eye makeup a few times.

[@gwynisabella9300]

Same here! Plus complicated P!ATD eyeliner looks for dances

[@kkibela]

Ueah i def remember at least one girl in a mates crew that was doimf elaborate sequinned vaseline wet look stuff around the emo days

[@BiggiN483]

I knew a girl in 2009 who had black up to her eyebrows, eyeliner under her eyes and then she always had 2 black stripes on her cheeks like warpaint 😁 in 2007 i smeared eyeliner. And i thought it was really cool if the mascara smudged under my eyes and i just left it right there.

[@jok382]

Omg neon zebra print took me back!! Lol

[@bluelagoon1980]

Hell, I knew a girl in 2001 who did blended vibrant colors with beautifully faded edges and a perfect mixing of two colors side by side (like blue and pink, green and yellow), and very heavy smudgy liner. It never looked bad on her, like somehow rebellious and polished at the same time.

[@TheRadioControLEmma]

I can relate with the problem of letting your cat in or out of a room just for it to go nuts on the door after 10 min. Me: *is in a room with door closed* My cat: Let me in! LET ME IIIIN!!

[@l6318]

One of mine woke me up by attacking her reflection in the mirror this morning.

[@CatrionaCharles]

And 10 mins later: Let me out! LET ME OUUUUT!

[@smolshay]

My boyfriend's cat will want out, but then less than two minutes later is back, patting at the door crying like he's been abandoned.

[@triciakendell3346]

My cat will stand outside my room, when the door is open, and meow like she can't get in. I get up and open the door wide and she ignores me. I lay back down and she meows. It's never ending.

[@Evija3000]

I just never fully close the door. Especially at night.

[@bast3tbot]

Somebody please make Safiya notice this so they can collab... They are the meme loving, cat mom duo we've been waiting for...

[@koolkitty108]

Yes! Please!

[@fearlesszombie]

I agree that Saf puts a lot more research into her videos than most KZbinrs or large companies. I think she does a great job. I would LOVE to see you collab on an era video together!

[@Oonagh72]

The 1980’s business outfit was spot on. The skirts were that short. (I was alive then so I was there!).

[@koolkitty108]

Yeah, looked like something my mom wore. She was in her 20s at that point

[@bridgethannah2933]

I was expecting her to be walking to work in a pair of Reeboks, with her heels in her bag.

[@emotionalkryptonite1161]

Karolina: I hope she doesnt see this and like, hate me Also Karolina: *constantly complimenting her*

[@ranthropologist]

One of the reasons Saf is one my my favorite KZbinrs is because of how much works and dedication she puts into her research! And so I'm glad you appreciate that, too! YOU TWO SHOULD DEFINITELY COLLAB

[@silverandexact]

Safiya: *makes very well-researched fashion video that gives cultural context* Also Safiya: *melts all her lipsticks together*

[@NWolfsson]

Not only did Safiya ensure to tell the outfits don't represent what the whole population was wearing, she *made three outfits by period to show the disparity!*

[@kat2279]

Yes, the hair says everything about an era. I agree with you 100%. Without the hair and makeup of that time, fashion is just clothes!

[@esppupsnkits4560]

kat2279 amen

[@g1ng3rsn4ps]

I wouldn't say that necessarily, esp with hair. Hair is very personal and not everyone has the ability to follow hair trends or process and style it often (speaking as a natural hair afro-latina who's hair hasn't changed much). Also for makeup, that can become a bit classist. People who couldn't afford makeup back then still wore the clothes being manufactured of that time and fit the fashion. I'm not trying to come across mean or anything! I just think a lot lol I'm also a makeup artist myself so when style videos pop up they just get me thinking :p

[@turtlepenguinXkizuna]

@@g1ng3rsn4ps I do totally agree with what you say! I just think kat2279 is referring to how Karolina calls Saf's makeup "too good" at some points in the video, which honestly I agree with too 😂 Young people these days (with their internet access) are way better at makeup than the average young person was in earlier generations!

[@radmoonable]

In the 90s and 2000s video, Saf actually does point out that her makeup is not accurate, but she didn't want to pluck out her eyebrows to create the look they had back then.

[@kat2279]

@@turtlepenguinXkizuna Exactly

[@kaylynxup]

I love that your big critique is "she's too good at makeup" and the "fashion does what it wants" commentary

[@randomalienfrommars0567]

I absolutely love that she’s really honest and fair with her judgement and isn’t just nitpicking for the drama and the ‘tea’. Shows you that when she actually criticizes something it’s bec it’s wrong not bc she wants to get famous by dragging others.

[@saraangel6696]

in 2007, I used only one color of eyeshadow (my look was purple eyeshadow), but I did try to make it slightly ombred...? "darker" on the outer edge, and gradually going lighter till the inner corner. My best friend did peachy pink. Everyone did only one color and that same color for the entire year LOL

[@alyrar8002]

Mine was GREEN. 😬😬😬

[@mcgonagallerys]

I used to do grey up to the brow bone, God bless 😁

[@JCluvr19]

I loved this really pretty gold, but my mom found out and took it away. Snuck around with an iridescent brown instead.

[@g5rearea]

Mine was black on the lid, stark white up to the brows. It was god awful, but I loved it.

[@amandaworden2]

Mine copper mixed with grey sliver in the crease! I thought I looked like a Grecian goddess. No idea why that was Grecian.

[@plasticfrog4533]

Hi Karolina, how about the evolution/history of goth fashion, I don’t take credit for this idea, someone suggested it, but I love the idea Love you 🖤 Edit: 666 likes, wow

[@kiraradz5923]

If you want review of evolution/history of goth fashion video go and watch It's Black Friday. She is goth youtuber and I personally think you need a lot of knowledge on the subject to pinpoint mistakes and she delivers

[@sokkvabekkr5973]

I suggest you watch It's Black Fridays video(s? i only know one but there could be more) on that! Karolina is definitely great at research and anything about fashion history, but i think a video from an actual goth on that topic would still be a bit more accurate/topical i think.

[@plasticfrog4533]

Thanks for the answers y’all! Karolina can really be proud of her community 🌸

[@MioHasMoe]

Yes definitely!

[@CailinRuaAnChead]

Her first 80s look she looks almost exactly the same as my mum in an old photo I have of her from like '86 (she was mid 20s)

[@koolkitty108]

the business one looks like something my mom wore in ‘86 who was also in her mid 20s

[@elizaandreadaki9942]

I love that Safiya didn't just throw the title "heavy metal" or "hard rock" innacurately for the metal outfit. I love that she did research for what the look represents "glam metal"

[@bailey9947]

the office wear look from the 80's video makes her look like a young winona riyder

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

Oh, you're right! I thought she looked like someone, but I couldn't place it!

[@raf015_2]

I felt the "Heathers" vibe when I saw that outfit.

[@wynchiella]

It’s the shoulder pads lmao

[@koolkitty108]

the sweater at 4:52 makes her look like my sister in 2007

[@rosin_eater]

verONICA sawYeR. Tbh it looks like a heathers look and saf gives off Barrett Wilbert Weed vibes.

[@rubydubdub2965]

This is why I love safiya, I feel like she always puts in so much effort, even if she doesn't get it perfect, she really tries her best to do research, and she always knows when to call someone else in who knows better for help. And she'll always go all out (if you've seen her mixing every _________ together videos you'll know what I mean)

[@kayr6813]

Because she was focusing on American fashion you might not have seen it but I promise you hot/neon eyes were a big thing in the early 2k. At least in my high school. I was always super jealous of the girls brave enough to do their make up like that. Also jealous of their non allergies to it.

[@Idkwhattomakeup]

Honestly, I have no idea about fashion history, but the way you talk about it with all that passion makes me really enjoy your content! Keep going girl! PS plus I am really proud that somebody from my country is showing our nation as people with passion and knowledge

[@christiandupuis3261]

Safiya's "Lengthy Lady" outfit gives me huge late 60s/early 70s Elizabeth Taylor vibes and I kind of live for it

[@mooble1325]

if u watch the vid i'm fairly certain she says that!!!! i think... if my memory serves me correctly...

[@koolkitty108]

Didn’t she say something about her mom or grandma in the video too?

[@koolkitty108]

Also, why does the music in the background sound like hooked on a feeling

[@lorifiedler13]

Her grandmother made it from fabric bought by Safiya's great uncle from India.

[@efkastner]

For the '97 look you said "maybe it's the eyebrows". For me, I think that's the biggest (well, smallest) thing. Eyebrows now are so, so much more natural and full. 90s through early 00's were tiny, and often very unnaturally shaped - at least form what I remember.

[@tiffprendergast]

Erik Kastner yeah

[@KasumiRINA]

It's also the loose clothing and high-waisted pants. Everybody wore baggy jeans and slacks in 90s and early 2000s, nobody would be caught raising the pants as high as she does, and they would be a few sizes larger (oversized clothing was the thing until mid 2000s).

[@MissDraiha]

I mean it depends what your natural eyebrows are like. My eyebrows are perfect for the nineties. If I tried to do modern eyebrows I'd look like Groucho Marx

[@koolkitty108]

I think she said in the video that she didn’t want to damage her eyebrows

[@itsnotbrux]

From what I remember from being super emo in 2007, we mostly used a black eye pencil. MAYBE some red or pink. But i don't remember green at all. the rest of the emo look was on point.

[@TamaNegi-el9yd]

Omg I had Red or yellow eyeshadow because i have Green eyes XD

[@itsnotbrux]

@@TamaNegi-el9yd the red was a THING back then (yay gerard way)

[@radmoonable]

I used to use green because people told me green went well with my dark hair and eyes.

[@edienandy]

It’s not like colors and stuff weren’t a thing, it’s just they weren’t as ubiquitous as the heavy black raccoon eyeliner. Literally everyone did that. I remember they used pencils heated up with lighters and then liquid eyeliner on top and loads of mascara. Foundation was pale, no blush or bronzer or anything else and then concealer lips with pale milky glosses

[@EmVeeBeen]

Just a hypothesis, maybe the early 50s was influenced a lot by the 40s is because rationing hasn't been lifted. Or the countries were still going through a recovery period from the war.

[@WhiffleWaffles]

She does say that before she reviews it.

[@Xan1120]

This was honestly so wholesome! It’s great that she added all the extra commentary and that you were able to comment so happily on everything!

[@umt6429]

With her makeup being too good... It's not that good makeup techniques didn't exist it that the average consumer didn't really know or care about them. It was limited to celebs, rich peoples and the fashion and beauty industry and people who took beauty seriously as a hobby. But on the matter of colourful eyeshadow as a scene kid. It was definitely a thing as people progressed from emo to scene kid (urban decay vice pallete anyone? ) but there was always heavy winged eyeliner as well which saf missed.

[@222o-u3t]

Spot on! Contouring, highlighting and blending etc. was not something that ordinary people bothered with. It was a professional makeup-artist thing, thats the only way you'd know about it really.

[@mcrorfob]

Me, a gremlin who wears the same style skinny jeans and graphic tees daily: yes omg I also noticed how the skirt was too short for this era!

[@justsomehipsterwithaniphon705]

M-Mood

[@koolkitty108]

Me, who wears t-shirts and sweatpants or occasionally jeans: yes, it’s kind of short!

[@muls9571]

The skirt is so short because Safiya is so tall. She's almost 6ft.

[@ManuelRodriguez-oc5uf]

The meme mom is feeding us once more

[@miluxor2541]

I feel my crops are nourished, my skin has cleared, the crabs are raving

[@shantanupanda1650]

0:02 the new Dumbo trailer looks great

[@LayingInAMeadow]

Kevin Aucoin's book called "Making Faces" talked all about technique, face shape, brush types, product applications on different skin types and age ranges. Some of the most famous women and a few men were featured in his book. He was a MAKE-UP TITAN. And that was in the 90's before he passed away. Just a bit of side info. Great video!

[@ocandro]

Yes, his books are really good! He was such a great talent, so ahead of his time and according to his clients, a total sweetheart.

[@LayingInAMeadow]

@@ocandro Yes, he was. I remember as a kid, looking through my Mom's Making Faces book and just being so memorized by what I was looking at. One of my favorites was when he "turned Lisa Marie Presley into Marilyn Monroe. Omg I have so many favorites I couldnt even write them all here.❤❤

[@umt6429]

I think a lot of professional techniques never trickled down to the mass population. The techniques and talent existed but only makeup artists and gmaous people had access to them.

[@LayingInAMeadow]

Very true, my mother was a cosmetologist but All of his books were made for celebrities but also regular teens, moms and grandma make-up tutorials.

[@AndromedaCripps]

I'm so glad Safiya passed your test! I love both your videos and it would have broke my heart if I found out she had been doing historically inaccurate historical makeovers XD

[@swordchild0013]

Such high praise from the Queen of Vintage :) Im thrilled that you agree that she had done a great job with that series.

[@TM-dq5lr]

I hope Safiya sees this video. I think she would be excited to hear that her hard work and research paid off.

[@marta.pilane]

my two favourite KZbinrs? wow. is this heaven?

[@reneemuller1967]

No

[@annarose932]

Please could you look at the costumes from the show Mad Men. Would be really interesting to see your reaction to the behind the scenes of the costumes as well as clips from the series.

[@ametsbentim]

YES! Please!

[@user-pq8ze5bl8w]

Anna Rose heck ya

[@Losshe]

I would be thrilled to see a series of collabs of you and Saf. I find that you can enjoy each other's sense of humour, and you both do research based videos and are technical and informative. It would be a total treat for the fashion and vintage enthousiasts

[@elizabethgatchell4546]

Do y’all remember the feather/ tinsel in the hair trend during like 2010s?

[@victoriacook2484]

Yes!! I loved my feather hair extension 😂

[@elizabethgatchell4546]

I didn’t really like it, but I got one cuz my niece( who is a year younger than me) was getting one and my sister offered to get me one too... it was kinda a look tho

[@Bowie_E]

Omg I do now 😂

[@koolkitty108]

Yes! Makes me think of those Disney channel shows...

[@maxdaae]

This awakened a memory I didn't know I had lol I absolutely loved that trend, we should bring it back

[@rynmarr8566]

I think flare jeans were fine in 2007 but I think high waisted jeans were a flop that year. I remember many people making fun of those celebs. It wasn’t vintage yet(high waisted jeans) and it wasn’t new either. They were “mom jeans” and not in the “cool way” that the 90s levis are now.

[@desiree2086]

So true, no one wanted to wear high waisted jeans!!

[@JB-vd8bi]

It was flares or circulation cutting skinny jeans with a waist band juuust covering your butt crack

[@sunnysea24]

@@JB-vd8bi can't put into words how relieved I was when mid- and high-waisted pants came back onto the scene, I hated constantly having to tug my pants up and my shirt down.

[@JB-vd8bi]

@@sunnysea24 I like a good midrise these days. I can't quite get my head around highwaisted - it cuts my body into all sorts of wrong proportions and they were SO uncool for so long growing up. But yeah I do not miss constantly seeing or showing off cracks lol. Omg the top fiddling! The boob tubes LOL

[@Ravenousyouth]

Yeah flared were cool . High waisted would only be fashionista territory

[@tuliplouart]

"there were no techniques, they just smashed it all over their face" lol me

[@shainabarnes1505]

It's weird watching one of your favorite KZbinrs judge outfits of another of your favorites. My mom hormones are like EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY! right now.

[@cetamaster]

I love how easy 2010s fashion will be to recreate because it's just like sweatpants with a t-shirt, tight long sleeve, or hoodie as well with jeans and the above following.

[@magicskyway]

I was super-impressed by Safiya's vintage videos. I, too, suspect that Safiya's vintage "fifties" dress might actually be early sixties. It's obviously not full enough for the middle fifties circle skirt look and I think the crinoline she picked is too big for it. I wish she'd gone with a longline bra that nips in the waist (Rago, Goddess, and others make ones that work well), or underbust corset, bc the Rago waist-cinchers just aren't that great. That said, the length issue might be more to do with the fact that she's 5'10". If you're very tall, busty, or over about size 14US, midcentury vintage is hard.

[@koolkitty108]

I feel like she could nail the 40s though, I don’t know

[@schasse2011]

I wish you two could do a collab!

[@arissarosme9734]

It probably wont happen in the near future because Karolina is from Poland and she needs visa to even travel to the USA. I dont know if she has one but still tickets are really expensive.

[@MichelletheHuman]

this needs to happen!

[@hehheh9288]

schasse2011 they should switch clothing for a week haha

[@lampje5185]

They can switch clothes for a week !

[@valeriavagapova]

@@hehheh9288 I think they wear very different sizes though? Or am I taking this too literally lol

[@BlueBoxGirl]

"BOY don-t mess with me" is my new life motto hahaha

[@psychikc]

This collab NEEDS to happen!!! I love both of you, I stumbled upon your channel because I binged Saf's vintage makeovers.

[@painwisenurse]

I graduated from high school in 1977 & the outfit & hair from Safiya's video was an excellent representation. Also, I love your look in this video - such a gorgeous shade of chartreuse with your burgundy lip & earrings is perfection.

[@clarence5211]

good to see you so positive about this series! i really enjoy the amount of thought saf puts into them, it really does give it a more of a ‘academic’ feel, she’d make a decent fashion historian

[@gothic-rosenovorossiya5740]

Her eyebrows are too thick for '90 ;-)

[@myristicina.]

Gothic-Rose Novorossiya they didn’t even have any only lines lol

[@katya2032]

It really depends on the year. Late 90s, around 97 to 99, yes the eyebrows were thin. I didn't start plucking my Chewbacca eyebrows until 1997. Before then we were going through the resurgence of the hippie fashion and the grunge flannel period. Eyebrows were not a focus.

[@bonniebrown5102]

In her video she talks about her eyebrows not being "authentic", but she couldn't bear to pluck them after all the work she did to get them back to normal after plucking them to death in the 90's and early 2000's.

[@havenstar7100]

As a big fan of Safiya’s I really liked this, it was honest but not belittling and you also pointed out how hard she works on her videos

[@FireflyShift]

Anddd Tweeted to Safiya. She needs to seeee. :D I was scared of a roast even though I wanted the truth so I'm glad you appreciate the research & references.

[@1Kitty19]

To be fair to Saf's emo eye makeup, heavy eyeshadow would have been worn by scene kids. I was dressing up for emo night at a bar, and for maximum authenticity, I actually tracked down a few articles from around 2006-2009. If you were an emo kid and you wanted to go all out (which, of course, I did), you'd actually do a pretty heavy smoky eye with dark, desaturated colours (I used black and bruise-tone purple and I think it came out pretty good). The bigger problem is probably the shape. While the eyeliner is often winged, the eyeshadow itself is far more rounded, applied both to the lid and waterline, blended out at the edges.

[@I_am_Null]

Rare footage of the meeting of two fashion history titans, 2019, colorized.

[@talha367]

"the dress could be 5 centimeters long for the 1950s look" I'm dying

[@GlacierLovely]

The shirt for the punk look was a little 2000's , it seemed to stand out too much against the red, i think if she got a worn out white graphic tee it would have been a little better.

[@aboutfeddy]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 Are you really seriously honestly telling me that the looks of my teenage-girly era are actually already vintage? Like, for real?? Is that what you're telling me?? It can't be... I mean... No... No, I left school like... Yesterday! 😭😭😭

[@undetestable1]

Lol welcome to the club. I am 30 and I watched a video of a 19 year old "vintage youtuber" teaching her audience how to use a boombox and a walker magically materialized in my hands.

[@nartyteek]

As an upper-limit Millennial myself, let me tell you that fashion changes literally every three years so drastically, and it is hard to convince people younger than me of this, but they will find themselves as hideous and clownish in retrospect by the time this fashion era is over. It happens to us all! And way faster than it used to, too, but on a personal note, I apologize for early nineties eyebrows. Hold on to your shoes, though. Those things always come back.

[@Liusila]

nartyteek I liked the narrow eyebrows! They made your face look sleek and tidy.

[@nartyteek]

@@Liusila Some people still look great with them. I tried them for a bit and I literally had to pluck them every other day because my hair is so thick that I decided to give up on the idea. So they're not for everybody lol!

[@oliveranderson7264]

nartyteek I aggree ! Part of me wants them to realize that thick brows won’t be in forever and that luxury sportswear won’t be a thing in the near future but I also think that’s the whole point of fashion: invent a trend, make it mainstream, have it taken to all extremes until it looks so ridiculous that you have to think of something new lol

[@TearsBehindSmiles]

Loved the video! One thing, though. For the 2007 emo look, she did say she was partially going for a “scene” look, which DID have pretty extreme eye makeup. Sometimes it was just solid black, but there was definitely some people who did colorful looks as well.

[@Elena-ik8sc]

"She looks like she's about to come and speak to the manager" I LOST IT

[@transcryptid8125]

I only just realized that I unintentionally dress like its 2007

[@koolkitty108]

My sister had that exact shirt and jeans at 4:58 in high school in 2007, I swear

[@annarose932]

Please react to Drag Race and analyse how some of the runways resemble styles of historic eras. Would be really cool :)

[@Fortheloveofagypsy]

American emo girls wore red eyeshadow to honor certain bands that used red heavily. I wore red and black eyeshadow. :)

[@MrAlexanderrangel]

you are literally one of my favorite youtube people, I admire youre appreciation of history

[@Jhfisibejoso8pkabrvo2is8]

As a former scene kid, I can confirm that we definitely did a lot with eyeshadow... including bold, colorful patterns. Take Ira Vampira's bold blue eyeshadow as an example, or Amber Katelyn Beal's rainbow eyeshadow look as an example.