The Rise & Fall of WAGs (these ladies deserved better)

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In 2006, the wives and girlfriends of the England squad became household names after their press coverage during the world cup. Victoria Beckham, Cheryl Cole & Coleen Rooney are some of the most recognisable faces in British pop culture, and today i'm exploring how it all happened, why the lifestyle fell off, and if we might be seeing it comeback!
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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
02:58 the rise of WAGs
05:31 the baden-baden trip of 2006
14:15 the fashion of WAGs
18:21 the sexism & classism of WAGs
28:36 the fall of the WAG
35:30 the return of the WAG

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@shantalmbaziira2563 Ай бұрын

Another thing to point out is that Cheryl and Victoria already had established and highly successful careers before meeting their husbands with Victoria already a household name with the Spice Girls before she met David Beckham so the fact that the newspapers thought that they were spending their husbands' money and name to further themselves is ridiculous because they already HAD money and fame and didn't need the exposure from their football husbands to further their careers because they already had established themselves. Additionally, I think it would have been a lose-lose situation because if the girls had not gone out and enjoy themselves in Baden Baden then they would probably be labeled boring or not engaging with the culture or acting as if they didn't want to be there but then again they got ridiculed for going out even though that was something totally normal because what else were they gonna do? Go kick about with their boyfriends?? I don't really think we are going to get back the WAG era we saw in the mid-2000s because that era is so deeply associated with the troubling misogyny of tabloid media and pop culture and I think that the WAGs being focused on now are women who are highly established (Taylor Swift, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Union etc) as opposed to the likes of Colleen Rooney who had more humble beginnings and that these women are bringing more exposure to their husbands rather than the other way round. I think the WAG fashion will come back but that is more to do with the cycle of trends that is happening right now. Nostalgia has a funny way of romanticizing things and I think people are looking back to that time because it was a "happier" time in the sense when you look at COVID-19 and the recession we are going to right now. The hyper bling that was seen in these WAGS is something you don't really see anymore and 2006 was kind of the last year before the 2008 global economic crisis where people could be flashy and enjoy their wealth and look at life through rose tinted glasses.

@mariast.4877 Ай бұрын

obsessed with these video essays!

@lookingforlewys Ай бұрын

thank you honey!

@ravenn532 Ай бұрын

love the vid! don’t remember if u mentioned it but wags r also huge in f1. there are only 20 drivers and so any partners are often huge among the fans with breakups or new love interests often being bigger news than the races with certain fans. it’s only become bigger since social media etc

@rachelwilson1979 Ай бұрын

love thiss would love you to do the history of big brother

@aliyahhaynes Ай бұрын

Knew this was going to be a class videoessay when the von Dutch remix intro played 😂x

@lookingforlewys Ай бұрын

screaming TASTE

@tylerc0790 Ай бұрын

I remember 2006 very well, I was in the middle of my GSCEs when all of the wag stuff was going on and boy did I love it!!! Peak Nostalgia for me! ❤

@jessmayh Ай бұрын

So excited to sit down and watch this, wish I was old enough to have experienced peak wag culture coz wag Cheryl and Victoria are literally my idols!!! Also we need a video essay on Geordie shore

@pinkpantherofthesouth1855 Ай бұрын

Colleen Rooney is such an iconic genius she deserves allllllll the accolades and more. It was Rebecca Vardys ACCOUNT. You tell em 💅🏼

@TheMrsapplecake Ай бұрын

thank you for covering this! i recently dove deep into wagatha christie and this was so so interesting

@pragna.r Ай бұрын

screamed when i saw you had posted

@margaridaleal587 Ай бұрын

don't really watch video essays anymore but I love yours!! I think you're quite good at storytelling which make these way more enjoyable

@zo_mar777 25 күн бұрын

18:17 “almost two decades later” …now hold on

@mavy1990 Ай бұрын

Add these deep dives to the history curriculum 👏🏼

@chloescott7908 Ай бұрын

this is a WHOLE first class dissertation

@Emily-sm6px Ай бұрын

loved this vid!!!! when’s the pod back? xx

@milliebanksy7759 Ай бұрын

This is what makes Alisha Lehmann so interesting - she herself is a premier league footballer and is also dating a premier league footballer, Douglas Luiz. On top of this (and this is what really takes her relationship status from coincidence, to hybrid feminist “wag-ery”) Alisha confidently wears designer brands, maximalist jewellery, bleach blonde hair extensions, etc. She’s iconic - combining her throwback look to the 2000s with being an excellent player for Aston Villa. Another fabulous video essay Lewys darling, thank you! Love you! P.S. Unsurprisingly, Alisha is still the victim of a lot of misogynistic jibes online. Like what more do you want from us girls?! She’s literally performing at the premier league level and her appearance is still up for contention and/or sexual objectification for football hooligan blokes, probably shouting their abuse down the pub with a Stella?!

@florencxe 9 күн бұрын

I don’t watch much soccer but I always see pics of Alisha and think she looks AMAZING. I love that’s she’s not afraid to get dolled up for each match

@husyadaedee6475 Ай бұрын

Love this video essay! Subscribed! ❤

@dapu571 28 күн бұрын

funny how not one kid today is able to recognise david beckham but will absolutely sing wannabe from the spice girls

@katierobinson5824 28 күн бұрын

I can’t believe these don’t have more views! So good

@antsfromuphere Ай бұрын

oh these videos are everything

@kayleighbreslin9459 Ай бұрын

please do a video essay on big brother

@husyadaedee6475 Ай бұрын

Petition for a deep dive breakdown of wagatha christie!!

@nonameface90 25 күн бұрын

You may look up Jordan Theresa's video on this topic :)

@TacTwo Ай бұрын

Oh okay it's a british thing too. I thought it was exclusively Australian and was *super* confused why someone from up there was even aware of Australian Rules Football and the players partners.

@Chelsss703 27 күн бұрын

Yaaaass the show on Amazon Prime, Married to the Game that came out this year was about 5 different wags and it was so interesting!

@lookingforlewys 25 күн бұрын

yesss i want to watch that!!

@hyesterical Ай бұрын

I'm seated ☺️

@lookingforlewys Ай бұрын

as you should 💋

@Kupsae532 Ай бұрын

Love this video

@asli9812 Ай бұрын

I’ve BEEN wanting someone to make a video about this 😂

@liliasnow9160 25 күн бұрын

you should do a whole video on the rise and fall of cheryl cole lol

@CLBrierley Ай бұрын

These women are interested, and the obsession the press has with them and other celebs, is also strangely interesting. But, one thing that shouldn’t happen is these women shouldn’t be overshadowed and their accomplishments shouldn’t be overshadowed by their husbands, and they should have their privacy etc respected when and if they want them. Their relationships shouldn’t be hated on for no reason too, and people who just want to be with athletes for the money and attention shouldn’t get that.

@user-eu3hi2vo3e 29 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. Many of them were very accomplished themselves!