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HOOP SKIRTS

On the other end of the leg-space spectrum when it comes to skirts, there is the hoop skirt or crinoline. The hoops under the skirt started out as a practical way to keep the legs free, be it for cooling purposes or to save women from tripping, and then caught on as haute couture.

They’ve taken various forms throughout the years, including the pannier or‘side hoop’in the 18th century, which made the skirt into a sort of horizontal oval shape. Those and other grand circular ones are often so wide that it’s difficult to walk through doors wearing them.

MULLETS

The mullet isn’t exactly a historical fashion trend, as it’s still eminently possible to run into one on the street today. However, it had its biggest

Fashion has been influencing lives of people all around the world in one way or the other. The fashion trend keeps changing according to the seasons and wants of the society at the times. It is taken as a mood lifter for most of the women. We all love fashion, but some of us are not as aware of some interesting fashion facts that prevailed in the history. Here are a few of them... moment in the 1970s and 1980s when many famous musicians like David Bowie and Paul McCartney started wearing them. The hair cut was referred as a famous description of‘business in the front, party in the back.’

PERFUME CONES

These cones are thought to be made of perfumed animal fat, and they would gradually melt, releasing their pleasant scents as they went. If you imagine a warm roomful of people having come in from the desert sun with no deodorant, then you can probably imagine why these cones would have been so necessary!

CHOPINES

Chopines were originally used as a way to protect shoes from the mud and dirt off the street, but they gradually grew into a fashion item, also growing in height. The higher the chopine, the higher class the wearer; some chopines, therefore, were up to 20 inches tall. While walking in them would have been quite treacherous for the novices, experienced chopinewearers could even learn to dance in them.

EGYPTIAN EYE MAKEUP

The typical Egyptian eye makeup is the heavy black eyeliner encircling the eyes of pretty much everyone in the paintings. More than just looking fly however, this makeup, usually made of kohl, had a set purpose. The purpose of the make-up is to cut down on the glare from the sun.

BLIAUTS

Bliauts were dresses with extremely long sleeves mostly floor-length usually to indicate the inactive hands of societies upper‘echelons.’It was popular between the 11th and 13th centuries and was very trendy among the elites. The wearer couldn’t perform many domestic tasks; therefore, activities were limited to ones that didn’t require much movement of the arms, like crocheting and embroidery making.

MALE CORSETS

Men wearing corsets is nothing new, as several notable men in history have been known to wear corsets or corset-like garments for therapeutic or aesthetic purposes. They were worn in the 19th century to promote proper upper body posture while on horseback, help soldiers fit into their uniforms, and to protect the spine if they were ever thrown off the horse. It also served to prevent the bruising of the kidneys as the soldiers were galloping along.