Weird Fashion Trends Throughout History - Part 3

[@lindawright7092]

I had no idea the knee painting became so elaborate at one point. The idea is kinda like tattoos of today. Thanks for an insightful history lesson :)

[@xassylax]

Fun fact: Live insect jewelry is actually still a fairly popular thing today among Yucatec Mayan women in the Yucatán Peninsula. The maquech/makech is a bejeweled beetle brooch made of a native beetle that is decorated with gold chains and precious stones. It has its roots in Mayan folklore. The story goes that a Mayan princess fell in love with a prince from a rival tribe/clan and was forbidden from marrying him. The story differs slightly here based on who’s telling it but some versions have the love affair being discovered and the lover being sentenced to death and others have the princess refusing to eat and choosing to die rather than not be with her lover. In the “death sentence” version, a shaman changes the prince into a glittering beetle that could be worn over the princess’s heart as a reminder of their love. In the “refusing to eat” version, a healer with magical powers takes pity on the princess and changer her into a bejeweled beetle so she could live as a beautiful brooch and forever stay next to her lovers heart. Either way, one of the lovers is turned into a beetle brooch and spends the rest of their life resting over the heart of their beloved. And that symbol of everlasting love is one reason why the jewelry remains popular today. The beetles are also often kept as pets. At least then people aren’t being completely cruel to the beetles but owning them is still a fairly unethical practice, especially when you consider the fact that the beetles can only be found on the Yucatán Peninsula.

[@gatamadriz]

I knew about rouging the knees, but I've never heard about the painting. Thank you.

[@annettefournier9655]

Never heard of knee painting. Not even in the 60s. Plenty of girls painted small flowers or hearts on their faces though.

[@Historidame]

Oh I haven't heard of painting hearts on faces. That sounds cute!

[@savage.4.24]

My Grandma had eyeballs on her knees at one point. When she crossed her legs the eyes crossed. The secretaries of Wall Street had quite a giggle back in the day

[@lovedalot]

The pants gen z are wearing the 🐊Everyone in the 2006 movie "Idiocracy" wears Crocs because they were cheap and the film's producers thought they were too horrible-looking to ever become popular 😅 Watching 😊

[@figmo397]

The live bug thing is pretty horrifying. I once wrote a song as a joke about someone sewing live butterflies to their wedding dress (and then the dress taking off on its own) after a friend talked about sewing (laser cut cloth) butterflies onto her wedding dress.

[@Hailey-mx4kc]

1:03 would you say the makeup was… radiant? No? Okay I’m done 😂😂

[@whitneyholley6951]

I def would've painted my knees😅

[@Zichronot]

Elephant bell-bottoms, I wore them, very comfortable. 😂

[@jaymartin505]

Very nice 😄 I'd never heard of knee painting or the living jewelry that's wild! The living jewelry is also a definite no for me like you said I'd fine with bug themed jewelry but not actual bugs that's just cruel 😢 Once again very nice video keep it up😄👍

[@Historidame]

Thank you!

[@jaymartin8273]

@@Historidame You're very welcome :=). Keep up the good work :=)

[@SnowWhite717_]

I have a vintage watch (1938) that I wear daily. I sent it in for cleaning and maintenance once and when it was returned to me they’d scraped the radium paint off my numerals and replaced it with modern glow in the dark paint. I was pissed.

[@Historidame]

Ah man that's too bad. Weird that they'd do that without asking. Sounds like a cool watch though!

[@KekefrmPhilly]

Love your videos! So excited for this one

[@Historidame]

Thank you!

[@yoho2404]

Great video! Love to see em pop up in my subscription feed

[@Historidame]

@@yoho2404 thank you!

[@lissylissard]

Okay, the knee painting a seemed like a cute trend! I hope it comes back! 🎨

[@user-de6xi9vx8r]

Thank you for your incredible videos!!

[@Historidame]

Glad you're enjoying them!

[@alisonseaman5027]

thanks sooo intresting,, well the knee painting did it for me haahha amzing and never knew about it

[@DesertNebula]

I loved wearing wide phat pants 🤗💕 Let's also bring back knee painting!! I never heard of that 😮

[@rubywilcox2159]

The knee painting was amusing. Thank you for sharing, I appreciate the fashion history lesson!

[@Historidame]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@eileenlu4108]

Love your videos! Commenting to feed the algorithm

[@Historidame]

Thank you!

[@theresadimaggio7241]

Poor bugs. Weird people

[@medusakatt757]

10:50 omg...my ankles with those super tall chopines 😅

[@sugarplum5824]

Your content is always fascinating!

[@Historidame]

Thank you!

[@RoderickFernandez-bo8pc]

I always thought choppines were for keeping you out of the mud.When you were walking in the streets

[@Historidame]

That is actually what was thought for many years until a historian at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto challenged the theory. If you want to read the article where she goes into greater detail, you can find it on my source list at line 21. The link is in the video description. It's a really interesting read!

[@compactgirl]

Her back then: look at me I'm rich and tall. Me back then: chill Becky it looks like you just got out of s carnival with you 20in hills....😂 ❤

[@SophieCline-q3f]

Yay! Seeing a new video is the highlight of my day!

[@Historidame]

Thank you!

[@dancingdingo]

Rita Hayworth in some of the ads for Radium containing "beauty products" !?!?!??!

[@jpendowski7503]

Nice range of subjects. Not keen on the live bugs but wide pants are swishy and comfy.

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

Live bug jewelry? That’s just creepy!

[@ladysaraofinsomnia2334]

Good lord the radium laced "beauty products" and other nonsense is horrific-thank goodness they contained only miniscule amounts can you imagine if there was more? 😬

[@alani804]

Craziest thing is that I actually did the knee painting one for a foot ball game with flowers the color of my school I never knew they did that back then lol

[@BriarRouge]

Dresses with jeans was so confusing!

[@dionysus_adores]

Why did we stop painting our knees as a fashion trend? It looks so pretty

[@caragarcia2307]

I saw a lady with jeans and a t-shirt dress today. I suspect she just put the pants on to keep her rear covered at the store and just wears the t-shirt at home.

[@julienielsen3746]

Never heard of those tall shoes. I've heard a little bit about the rest of it.

[@alisonwatts]

Harmed by radium? Check out the Radium Girls

[@Historidame]

Oh I definitely want to do a video on them in the future!

[@alisonwatts]

@@Historidame that would be so cool and gruesome

[@PauloVictorAlves1920]

I'm glad wide leg jeans came in fashion again(for I can't wear skinny jeans as I got wide hips, thick tighs and small waist). Nowaday mainstream fashion seem very boring(specially men's fashion) - seems like we're using the same things since 1990's. In the past fashion changed dramatically in 10 years, now things seems to move slowly. Seems like they don't have new ideas anymore. Hope crinolines come back in the future.

[@Historidame]

I wouldn't mind 90s fashion coming back in theory, but they didn't bring any of the things I wanted. Specifically jewel tones. It's all neutrals right now which do not work for my complexion. 😔

[@lisabierschwal4622]

I remmber the elephant ear pants when i was a kid i had a cocacola pair😂 wasnt good while riding a bike theyd get caught in the chain every time

[@carolsayre7364]

If you walked even close to a mud puddle you were wet up to the knee.

[@maurovakanjac2069]

need to tell my girl to do some knee painting

[@Carole-j3t]

Living jewelry was cruelty.

[@ann_nnaa]

Funny thing is that people still desperately find the need to show off they are wealthy till this day . Maybe its just a human thing to do since they did it in the chopine era and probably way before that too😂🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

[@dawnelder9046]

I love wide leg pants.

[@savage.4.24]

They were too putting an anti aging cream on their face. When they died young they did in fact step away from the aging process😂

[@Historidame]

LMAO

[@Meggzilla]

Jncos are awesome

[@3618499]

😆 (lol) Go ahead and ‘ get your ☢️ Gamma on ‘ .

[@lucyfur]

Bring back painted knees!

[@alisonbrowning9620]

crocs are comfy, end of. Baggy, flared pants are more flattering for many like me with a straight up n down curvelss body when skinny pants just make you look like Gru. ( minion films)

[@Historidame]

Saying that skinny jeans make you look like Gru is certainly one way of putting it lol. 😂 That's fair enough, I suppose.

[@nailicious_4_u]

Don't diss Crocs there amazing and so comfy 😂😂😂

[@Historidame]

Sure they're comfy, but at what cost 😂

[@thecavalieryouth]

​@@Historidame I will never go back! My feet deserve better than flat cardboard held to my feet by bedazzled string 😭

[@Historidame]

@@thecavalieryouth Well I mean, I condemn crocs from the viewpoint of someone who wears exclusively orthopedic running shoes, so, to each their own, I guess.

[@CoffeeAddict4Life]

Crocs are horrid and look even worse. IDC how comfy they are, they look ridiculous.

[@ladysaraofinsomnia2334]

I tried them once and they were the most uncomfortable, hideous things

[@Moonlightt.r9]

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