What Was Fashion Like in the Middle Ages?

[@LloydEWatson1983]

Capes need to make a comeback.

[@bw7754]

Hoodies will have to do 😂

[@rileydanes5456]

Kinda cringe and weird to be wearing outside tbh xD

[@Anonymity038]

@@rileydanes5456 You probably are a joke or a Woman so you're opinion doesn't matter

[@cleocatra9324]

Well skinny jeans are pretty much just tights… glad theyre going out of fashion.

[@jessielove1252]

@@rileydanes5456 Yet somehow totally normal to wear a surgical mask in your daily life? Fashion is about being like everyone else.

[@PSDuck216]

Poulains, the pointed shoes, were worn by monks despite official church bans. They caused bunions, due to their tightness and not being made to each foot (as our shoes are today) but rather had “coffin shaped” soles. Wearing them feels like wearing flippers. Imagine that in combat! Those people suffered for fashion. Cheers!

[@PSDuck216]

@Donnell Okafor I am not a podiatrist, but to my knowledge, it’s the tightness of the body of the shoe/boot, perhaps not high heels. Those cause lower back problems, which throw the spine out of alignment, causing headaches or even migraines, and problems from the ankle to the head. Poulains had very tight bodies and were often “coffin” shaped, as in not different soles for the left and right feet. That alone would cause foot problems. Cheers!

[@hezmydaddyo2722]

@Donnell Okafor sure. High heels put pressure in the ball of the foot. Add pointed toe styles and it’s recipe for foot misery.

[@nadjaannabel1]

Everytime I watch a video like this I imagine some scholar 500 years from now analyzing the Kardashians.

[@amyelizabeth135]

😂😂

[@0612Crystal]

I love how the nobility put all these restrictions on clothes the fashions peasants could wear, but they are all too impractical for the peasants anyway. 🤣🤣

[@DulocGuardsman]

The Peasant's be like : "OH NO! So Anyway"

[@toserveman9265]

Sort of how Democrats want you to think a certain way and how the tech companies censor the parties political opponents

[@Ch3rryT3a]

Kind of the point, flaunting that they didn’t need to work. Like long nails are impractical for laborious work.

[@raubritter19]

Not all peasants were poor labourers. Anyone who was not a noble or in the church was technically a peasant. These rules were aimed more at the urban middle class, who could well afford the fashionable clothing and didn’t need the practicality that menial farm workers needed in their clothes.

[@chrisrebar2381]

Give it a few years and they will bring in a similar law ...... You will own nothing and they will be happy!

[@havestrength5802]

Fashion is still very elitist. You can still tell how much money and power people have by their clothes. Thanks for the great history lesson. I love the detail and all the pictures.

[@festyguy7405]

Clothes are way cheaper now. A person now could easily buy expensive “rich people “ clothes at a discount and look high class

[@JasonMitchellofcompsci]

Not really. In fact the relative poor of today are impractically obsessed with luxury fashion when compared to the upper middle class. A poorer person is more likely to own gucci then someone with real financial security. (People with financial security put more mental effort into financial security than impressing other people).

[@verenamaharajah6082]

Fashions for the rich were designed to show that the wearer didn’t have to work for their living.

[@darrenhancock8027]

Yep nothing has changed🙄

[@lyndaoneill7813]

Some outfits were too silly and impractical no matter your station in life.Those shoes that went on forever at the front were just plain crazy, you couldn't walk in those Still some of today's clothing can be equally stupid.Thanks for posting.👍👍🙏⚘

[@toko_ribbon]

Man I would just be SOL with my wool skin allergy. I can only wear cotton or silk. Guess I’ll be nobility or naked barbarian 🤷‍♀️

[@warmsorbet6667]

Well linen was also a cheap option. Most of the time the underclothes were made from linen so the wool wouldn’t have actually touched your skin

[@jesus-is-rad9684]

😆

[@sarahadair5890]

Perhaps you decended from nobility. Thus the allergy?

[@tsopmocful1958]

You'd probably just be sickly all the time and no-one knowing why before an early death.

[@cleocatra9324]

Linen?

[@directorphase]

We need more content! I love watching this channel!

[@TechnikoreHTiD]

^this^

[@chanelname1185]

It would be good but I would hate for them to have to cut the quality of the the videos so they can upload more regularly.

[@glitterxxheart]

Same! I'm always excited for the next.

[@KristinkaAranova]

Medieval Gucci flip flops

[@samaraisnt]

no those awful slides that are like half off the foot and FUR lined. Literally the most impractical ugly shoe and doesn’t work for any weather.

[@stanley0938]

Video idea- education in the Middle Ages Love your videos and am so sad when they end!

[@susank580]

Your light humor is appreciated! Nicely done.

[@JelleSophie]

The chronology isn’t correct. Charles the bold was a ruler in the late Middle Ages. As was his daughter Mary of Burgundy. Then the mother of Charles Isabel of Portugal is correctly shown in the late Middle Ages. see some illustrations of the Renaissance as well and even the late baroque/ classical period. So great effort, with some adjustments needed. ☺️

[@CountessKitten]

Boy, some people feel the need to feel superior, no matter how lowly they must be to keep trying!? 🙄

[@barbieblues7639]

@The Darkest Duchess you mean stinkards such as yourself? 😏

[@StarOnTheWater]

This is not totally accurate. Trousers were not only uncommon in the early Middle Ages, they simply did not exist. The "simple strips of cloth tied on with long laces" are actually pairs of hoses, basically pairs of long stockings not knitted but sewn on the bias - the predecessors of what we know as trousers today.

[@rhynouk1]

Loving the content. Makes my fashion look crap.

[@tommyvictorbuch6960]

Check out the long nose boots in the Northern Mexico. That's extreme! Very popular.

[@samaraisnt]

they’re just pointed boots, not neeeeeearly as long lol!

[@GBfanatic15]

I've watched videos of people making natural dyes it's pretty cool!

[@SparkieGoth]

Well, I now know where the idea that a man with big feet must have other big appendages comes from! 😆

[@redmi9834]

Some of those codpieces were a gross exaggeration of what they were supposed to hide.

[@chanelname1185]

Another great video thanks for all your hard work can’t wait to see the next one!! :D

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

The timeline in this video is so goddamn chaotic

[@bethysboutique]

This was so succinct and beautifully presented. Thank you!

[@weilandiv8310]

On Eastbound n Down, Stevie wore a cape all thru 12th grade/senior year.

[@EdwardSnortin]

God I loved that show

[@eringemini7091]

Those pointy shoes may have caused an early form of social distancing; "Lest they step on one another's toes?"😉👣

[@wilhelminamarquart240]

Absolutely spot on thanks for this lovely video

[@AndriodGirlMCR]

3:15 got me roooollling

[@abigailgerlach5443]

Its comforting to know that human beings had equally bad taste/judgement over the last twelve hundred years. Pointed shoes certainly equal the look of crocs for fashion.

[@hounaidafarhat9396]

I love the way they dressed

[@joemacpherson1664]

If you ever saw what was considered to be undergarments for men and women, you wouldn't feel so stylish. Also, shoes and boots had either soles made of wood which was totally inflexible to feet, or leather padded with grass or cheap fabric. Remember also: There was no such thing as toilet paper in Europe, in the Middle Ages. Which brings me back to undergarments...

[@80sMetalHead]

Another GREAT video. Keep It up and maybe turn up the production to twice a week?!?

[@GBfanatic15]

that squirrel is fucking adorable

[@waterbird91]

More Loro like midieaval insanity. The church had a lot of nerve telling people what they could and could not wear. The Church was forever bossy and always overstepped their limits. The Church dressed like royalty on the peoples money, yet didn't allow the people to wear nice clothes like they did. The Church was jealous as always.

[@margaretmcglynn5077]

Sumptuary laws were not from the Church. They were passed by the nobility and royalty, who made the laws. It was about maintaining the social order and power structures. The Church made no laws that governed what lay people wore.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Calm down XD

[@barbieblues7639]

Jesus, were you diddled by a priest or something? Chill out 😆

[@BiggestBigBoy]

You know what they say about guys with long shoes. Long socks.

[@kevintrang6447]

What?

[@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376]

@@kevintrang6447 Penis joke

[@samaraisnt]

and stuffed with moss and hair! 😆

[@sophistikitten6347]

9:06-9:15 ah, so the 1300s were like the 2000s of the middle ages

[@samaraisnt]

they weren’t uncomfortable though…we had elastine blends, they didn’t. A tight t-shirt isn’t “uncomfortable“ it’s just fitted close to the body unlike a wool suit that’s shrunken! Have you ever worn a corset? You’re comparing jeggings to a bodice. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@barbieblues7639]

You said "chemise" and "ostentatious" incorrectly. Otherwise, very interesting. I wish there were full length docs about this subject.

[@franklarin8100]

Agreed. This is not the first time that this channel uses the wrong word in the narrative.

[@lizzieburgess674]

This narrator makes _many_ errors of pronunciation, especially of words related to clothing and fabrics. It is disappointing that even basic checks on the pronunciation of what are clearly unfamiliar words, are not being made.

[@samaraisnt]

y’all fell for it. i’m fairly sure every yt voice over artist egregiously mispronounces at least one word so that they can get a lot more comments…it worked! it always does! must be why they all do it. ;)

[@carmencaldera5834]

I just discovered your channel... Its amazing... I love it...!!!

[@GrandDuchessKuromi]

I like "Hennin". It looks uncanny but high-class.

[@Single.White.Female]

Anything that reminds me of Pippy Longstocking is no doubt cool. 👟 👠 😆 🐎 🏠 💰 🦜 🐒 Her longggggggg shoes.

[@86soup]

Are you all familiar with Mexican Pointy Boot dancing?

[@RabbitsFromSpace]

That's what I was thinking about! haha

[@dnavid]

ostenacious! hilarious, I'll subscribe

[@blackhawk5903]

I like this content, keep it up

[@japjyotkaurchawla3976]

This was extremely helpful, thank youu♥️

[@JR-gh8lp]

The women headdresses were crazy

[@secario2135]

underrated video 😢😢😢

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The medieval times ought make a comeback like fashion cracows too long

[@Michael-Douglas]

In English, the word lichen is pronounced exactly in the same manner as you would say the word liken, as In to liken to something. That is of course as long as you don't have some other absurd way of saying that word too.

[@Vibrantly_Monochromatic]

Where did all these clothings end up? I'm curious to know

[@samaraisnt]

they disintegrated? what do you think happens to cloth after A THOUSAND years? lol

[@suziecreamcheese211]

Cloth being labor intensive and therefore expensive made recycling clothing necessary. Many times clothes were handed down or inherited and eventually made into rags or simply wore out.

[@user-ps3wz2jm2y]

Half of what you sayed is what ive found on wikipedia especially the part about the houppelande. Every time you called some of the clothes uncomfortable and/or unpractical those claims were based only on your incapabiblity of imagining wearing anything more elaborate than a t-shirt and jeans (the number of people who would go so far as to call dress shirts imoractical is insane let alone historical fashion). If you want to tell people how practical garments are at the very least try to wear them yourself first or see the testimonies of reenactors who wear HISTORICALLY ACCURATE replicas.

[@Michael-Douglas]

The word is ostentatious NOT ostenatious. The t after the n is not silent and is pronounced.

[@rncine]

I love these videos, so much history and work put into them. Thank you. As for those that need to correct the speakers pronunciations of some of the words, that is so rude of you. Try doing your own KZbin videos yourself!

[@Sirpressingfire]

I guess it's my autism but fashion from.. any age just BAFFLES me.

[@smitz001]

I want some of those long toed shoes.

[@regplate2923]

I do enjoy these videos but in every one you do seem to have some odd pronunciations of everyday words.

[@barbieblues7639]

Haha I know he does it every video too...

[@RavenFeathers90]

Better that than foot biding that was so recently abolished:(

[@bethwilliams4903]

I can bear just about anything but the 70’s fashion: maxi dress, shag haircut and ankle breaking platforms with or without 12 pounds of glitter BUT BUT BUT those ridiculous shoes men wore c.1420- 60 (?) with the spindly long toes held with even spindlier chains (really?) makes me yearn for the disco ball and my Marc Bolan curls!

[@mrsoft6884]

Crimes of fashion!

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Uhhh

[@tacticalbutler1556]

I mean, Crocs are uber-popular right now sooooo, what does that say about us? lol

[@Whiteboykun]

when in the history of mankind have crocs ever been popular

[@samaraisnt]

4:56 where was this hat from and when was it invented? i’ve been trying to do research on wide brimmed hats and coming up with nothing… :(

[@_Guraffenguru]

"what are those" meme is older than expected

[@RabbitsFromSpace]

24 inch long, Pointed shoes waaayyyy before the "Botas tribaleras" fad 😂

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Summary, "People in the Middle Ages were stupid", summary "Nothing has changed"

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

I hope you don't agree with the first one

[@dnf7778]

You imagine trying to drop a deux in one of these outfits.

[@FaunaturaleOG]

Lichen is pronounced Lie-ken 😅

[@gaylebynumcardosa7034]

Also chemise. I'm pretty sure he was saying chemise but pronounced it "Kem-iss" when it's pronounced "shemeese".

[@barbieblues7639]

@Gayle Bynum Cardosa a better way to say it is "shemmy" like we do/did in the South

[@Whiteboykun]

Any of these would be better than wearing something made by anti social social club or supreme

[@teacre120]

10:37 those capes and hats are inspired by arabic scholars

[@chrisrus1965]

Interesting. Thanks! . In the last sentence you said ostenatious. The word is ostenatious. You dropped a t.

[@barbieblues7639]

You misspelled it too haha it's "ostentatious". I made a comment about that and I didn't realize how many other people already had pointed it out, but stuff like that drives me crazy.

[@_z10n1x]

you know what they say about big shoes… normal feet

[@arbitrary_raspberry]

Hi what source did you use for this video?? I am trying to do some research myself

[@alejandroredpine]

Source: believe me bruh

[@waterbird91]

Leather and fur is the most vulgar of all.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Did you really have to make this redundant comment

[@biaotoch]

oh to live

[@gaylebynumcardosa7034]

Why is the guy at 1:01 so irritated? Are we in trouble?

[@0612Crystal]

Will this channel be doing a video on the great colonizers, conquerors or explorers of the time?

[@margaretmcglynn5077]

That is the Age of Discovery. Not the Middle Ages.

[@brighton_dude]

Ostenatious?

[@livvy3w4]

Also Chem-eese?

[@FaunaturaleOG]

And litchen? 😅 I wish he'd just Google the words he isn't sure on

[@darrenhancock8027]

These people in UK government and PM and royal s still think this way

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

"Lichen"....it's pronounced "LIKE-EN"

[@joemacpherson1664]

In Great Britain and most of the Commonwealth Member Nations, the word is pronounced as Lichen, not Liken.

[@kludgedude]

Very science fiction

[@margaretmcglynn5077]

Please stop putting in random illustrations that have nothing to do with what you are talking about. Don’t want to see illustrations of Caesar, images of women in bad Renaissance garb holding modern printed books, and images of churches built in the 1600s. Marco Polo’s voyages were not in the high Middle Ages. And on and on.

[@jessicajefferson4501]

I agree! It annoys me to see how prevalent this is.

[@Apegabe]

Can’t relate my ancestors were native Indians 🤔

[@barbieblues7639]

Okay leather and tree bark then.

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

leather REEKED

[@WABWSM]

Why did you pronounce Byzantine like that?

[@MsDboyy]

Put some grass in my shoe 🤷‍♂️ Lol

[@user-yq9ko7vu7c]

Rensfaire fair

[@yncrewe]

leather was never used as armour

[@ankra12]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiled_leather

[@user-jl4bj6qv7m]

cucci

[@RJStockton]

Did somebody say leather armor?

[@ArcFixer]

Yes. Quite common for millenia.

[@gameygeemer4142]

​@@ArcFixer Not really, if you had a cow for leather then that's a cow you could instead have for milk. And even when you had to slaughter cattle for winter, only a tiny amount of the hide is actually good and thick enough for making quality armor from, actually getting the hide tanned was a fairly specialty trade that drives up costs even higher. Compare that to linen, which had Flax grow fucking everywhere, everyone and their mother knew how to turn it into thread and fabric, was piss easy to repair, and when laired made extremely good armor actually, linen Gambeson were infinitely more common than Leather armor, especially over a time period of a millenium

[@waterbird91]

Sumptuar y laws, l.o.l. Those rich people and the clergy both thought they were better than everybody else. Those clothes, those shoes, the stupid looking head gear for the women, especially simple , and chin strips utterly ridiculous. They had poor fashion sense.

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

"Poor fashion sense"??? Are you drunk?

[@avrilone]

Love this guys voice, the music and subject matter. The superb Medieval information, are simply awesome! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@redjupiter2236]

They DID NOT use leather for armor.

[@buttered__toast_2899]

Yes they did

[@redjupiter2236]

@@buttered__toast_2899 Let me rephrase, because you’re only right on technicality. They DID NOT use leather AS armor.

[@FaunaturaleOG]

Really depends on the class

[@ankra12]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiled_leather

[@redjupiter2236]

@@ankra12 Boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation, cuir bouilli (French: [kɥiʁ buji]), was a historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes. It was leather that had been treated so that it became tough and rigid, as well as able to hold moulded decoration. It was the usual material for the robust carrying-cases that were made for important pieces of metalwork, instruments such as astrolabes, personal sets of cutlery, books, pens and the like.[1] It was used for some armour, being both much cheaper and much lighter than plate armour, but could not withstand a direct blow from a blade, nor a gunshot.[2] They did not use leather as armor, the material can’t withstand blade strikes, arrow shots, or blunt force trauma.

[@user-jl4bj6qv7m]

channel

[@MyPeriwinkleSkies]

lichen is pronounced lie-ken

[@heatherracho]

Unfortunately in 2022 what's in style is ugly early 90s mom jeans that makes everyone look like they're all uterus and have a giant pooch and a 80s flat ass. I wish there was a day that they bring back medieval style but I know it will never happen 😩 but boy they could really dress back then that's when girls were girls and boys were boys and girls looked fucking beautiful.

[@luneaei]

boo hoo

[@gggggggggggggggggg161]

nobody will stop you from wearing a skirt and a cone hat so what is your problem? I‘ve heard this men were men BS before, but not about the middle ages when they wore basically dresses :D You could as well ask why there are no real men anymore who wear wigs, high heels and a ton of powder like 300 years ago.

[@redmi9834]

From the stage show Valmouth with three old ladies remeniscing; That other time, that other place is where we all belong, where all the girls were pretty and all the men were strong.

[@barbieblues7639]

People like us who love.old fashions should get together and dress up and stuff.😆

[@KittiyKyat]

No one asked, but..."ostentatious" is pronounced "os-ten-tay-shuss" not "os-ten-ay-shuss" ok I'll shut up now :)

[@NoMoneyHubby]

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