@Scienspace732 They do exist actually, I have one. I replicated a 1920's suit that I learned about. It manifested out of thin air and I wear it when I want to be fancy.
I write historical fantasy, and i love videos like this so much. You really get to see what the clothing looked like on a living person, how it moved,etc. It helps so much. Thank you!
Nice attention to detail with the cloth stays, so many depictions of 18th and 19th century focus on the better known corset. Love your videos and dedication to living history!!
I loved this! What a great way to show all the layers. Usually it's only shown as getting dressed. I don't envy that tub. I don't think I could get out of it.
You and me both Ms. Berryhill. Like the Edwardian Era my favorite historical period, I really enjoy seeing how folks lived back in the day but would I like to live or visit those time periods; hell no! I'd be a slave.
They did wash,just like we do today… they just didn’t have running water… taking a bath was a luxury and people really enjoyed it. There are many ways to take a bath and clean properly without using 20 gallons of water.
That is quite different taking a bath in a thin little shirt in a tiny tub with assistance LOL what I did live about it is just a hand-washing card but also the fireplace just the whole atmosphere of relaxation being in front of a fire would be kind of cool but I probably would not want a maid to help me and two I don't think I would be taking a bath with Asher tan hahaha but I love watching these videos are so cool
I used to think it would be cool to get in a time machine and go back to that time and hang out for a while...but not after seeing all of those layers! I'm staying home in my single layer MuMu! Lol!
I would have suffered from heat stroke, even during the wintertime. 🤒 I have terrible hot flashes, even though I've been post menopausal for years, so I would have fainted dead away from all those layers. 😫
@@defenderoffreespeechand2a794 I don't get the rationale behind that... far as I can tell, the only reason was to preserve modesty, which seems silly to us today.
@Jessica Rain City Actually, this is part of it. The dry parts of the chemise would help to kee you warm a tiny amount, due to the fabric it's made from. The wet parts would only become cold after getting out of the hip bath. The other part of it is for modesty. What I wouldn't care for is not washing the nether regions or the armpits.
I love the clothing in these videos! I especially love the undergarments! The stays/ corsets are very historically accurate, since the ‘servant’ is wearing stays that look more like and older pair than the wealthy woman. I also love the pockets show when she was undressing! Where do you get the costumes for your videos?
Thank you for watching! Most of the clothing we make ourselves from bolts of fabric. Occasionally friends make it for us. Lucy Stephenson especially (the lady in the tub) is a very good seamstress. I prefer to buy off dresses made by friends as I'm not that good at sowing.
Watching how complicate things were in the old time teaches you gratitude. At least for these kind of things. Me personally I congratulate myself every night for sleeping in a comfy, warm, clean bed, since I passed a night in a Tibetan nomad's tent. You must get used to from child on to endure these life styles. We are way to spoilt. But watching it is a kind of katharsis. Thanks for putting so much work into it!!
They're called hip baths, and the whole point was to not have full immersion, it was considered unhealthy. That's where the misconceptions about people in the past being dirty come from, partly.
:20 I love how the wealthy woman rubs her tired forehead and has a drink before the maid shows up to take her glass and help her undress. Wonder what time the maid went to bed and how early she'll have to be up the next day? :)
I really enjoyed the silent film aspect of this, complete with the string quartet background music. I wonder how anyone could get really clean while wearing a chemise.
Yes, that was the whole point of chemises. They protected the skin from chafing, but more importantly the actual garments from sweat and body oils. Only these durable, usually white linen undergarments were frequently washed. That's why costume lovers always get into fits of rage, when women in historical movies wear their corsets without undergarments. It's completely historically inaccurate.
I'm generally focused on Turkic clothing history, so seeing these small bathtubs is always shocking and interesting for me since Turkic bathtubs are veeeery huge🤭amazing videos, i'm enjoying this channel so much✨✨
I've never actually seen a hip bath in use, and certainly not for a woman! (It's easier to imagine how a man might use such a bath.) I am a little surprised that a folding screen or two were not set up for both privacy in case someone entered the room so as to shield her from view as well as to retain some heat from the lovely fire to help keep her warm while bathing. Very nice video. Thank you for sharing!!!
It's been explained in other videos, but the character isn't a maid. She is a relative of the family that was adopted and she works to earn her keep. The family wasn't rich enough to keep house servants.
You maids were worth your weight in gold. If I has lived then and had a maid I would treat her,them so well as they worked so hard and long hours. I'd love a maid now. I'm exhausted. I also believe the simplest of those beauty routines were better for the skin then some used today. The days before botox ,fillers,dieting. Walking was great exercise. 👍 I so enjoy these videos . They are educational,relaxing and just nice to watch .
I really doubt that everyone did this routine every night ,perhaps only the wealthy back in that time frame. Not everyone could afford that much clothing let alone a nice Room like this
Well, there was literally something called 'the little iceage' happening in Northern Europe during the 16th-19th century. In some years (1814 for example), it was cold enough, for the River Thames to freeze over deep enough, for people to walk on it - just to give you an idea. Imagine that without central heating. Keeping your house warm and heating water for baths would have been both difficult and labor/cost intensive. No wonder, they made do with washcloths and wore many layers of clothing, even fashion aside. And when you don't do any physical work/exercise, like upper class ladies at the time, you're even more prone to feeling cold. But yeah...it probably occasionally sucked in summer, to then be stuck with wearing all those clothes on top of each other.
@@Jennaye17 Oh, ha. My bad, you're correct of course. I was binge watching an English history channel yesterday and it was rather late, when I watched this video and wrote my comment. And I'm not nearly as familiar with American history (or climate) of the time. I watch the Townsend channel occasionally, but they don't really cover upper class clothing and such.
@Mandii K Well, yes and no (as I understand it, mind you, I'm not an expert) The style of the clothes would stay the same and you'd still have to wear the required undergarments like chemise and stays or corset, petticoats or other 'skirt support'...whatever the current fashionable silhouette and decency/hygiene required. But in winter, there would have been heavier wool skirts and thicker stockings, as well as additional shawls and such to keep the upper body warm. But there wasn't the same clear distinction between summer and winter garments as today, as far as cut or length of the garments are concerned. Prior Attire is an excellent source for that kind of information. They have a whole catalog of videos showing people of all classes and through the different decades (even centuries) getting dressed in period clothing.
Most of the clothes, for warmer weather and climates, were of light weight cottons, silks and linens. Natural materials don’t make you sweat as much. Heavier materials such as wool and heavier weight cotton and linen were kept for colder months
My Grandmother was born in 1888. Her Grandmother always said that a Lady would sit in the metal tub on a Bath Drape. She would wash up as far as possible. Stand, and then wash down as far as possible. Her Maid/ Attendant would then raise the bath drape, and Great Great Grandmother would wash possible.
I'm a huge fan of lots of water and big tub, but that little hip bath is probably enough. Hot water was not easy to come by back then. If I were going to time travel or just deal with a water situation I'd have a big pan to stand in and a bowl of hot water and scrub starting at the top and work down and not in a slip either.
This might be a little personal but did women wash their armpits and private areas when taking a bath or did they only wash the parts of their body that weren't covered by the chemise like in the video? Also what if a woman wanted to bathe, but she was on her menstrual cycle? Were there other methods of bathing or would she just have to wait till her cycle was over to finally bathe?
Wow! That is quite a production. I guess the "PTA bath" was not yet invented? Paraphrased, PTA = Privates, Breasts, Armpits. Looks like all those parts got covered and missed due to the bathing chemise. LOL!
@@hueso5071 Omg I was thinking this too, but I didn't want to say it because I didn't want to sound like a creep lol. I couldn't imagine people wanting to be intimate with another person when their private areas smell so bad.
@@hueso5071Jeez, we expect everything to be visually spelled out for us these days. I don't think they can show that part on this channel.. There was a vessel featured on Antiques Roadshow, from the 1700s, that turned out to be a bidet. They were very common in the 1700s and 1800s. In fact, there was a genre of naughty pictures of the day that featured a lady using the bidet. Hilarious. I'd never heard of that activity being captured in art. This "bidet" habit is still around in Europe and i saw these vessels in small hotels in the late 20th c.
Since I've been watching your videos and watching Justine cook three meals a day and doing the clothing video and such when I'm at home making meals I think could I have lived back then it seemed pretty hard. And then I answer myself now it was too hard I could not have done it. The food looks really good though and I know it tastes good. The clothing thing I don't know just too many clothes to put on and take off. But as I've mentioned I like this channel because it's so interesting to see how people did live back then and for the historical value. ❤️❤️❤️
I am so glad our California Mission 1820s costumes are just a medium weight cotton chemise, over skirt and long sash with moccasins! You ladies are reenactment warriors in my book!
It seems that the paradigm at the time was to use clothing to keep oneself clean. And the parts exposed to the air would only be the parts that needed to be washed on a regular basis. There is an idea that if one were to constantly use clean garments closest to the body, they will remain clean on the parts that are covered. Hence the emphasis to literally try and cover oneself with as many layers of clothing as much as possible.
Would love to know the composer and name of that first tune. I used to have it on Amazon Music but no longer subscribe to that. Would love to have it again!
He fought in the War of 1812 then became the congressional Delegate for the Illinois Territory from 1814 until 1817, helping to write the first constitution for the state of Illinois. More recently he has founded his own bank called The Bank of Edwardsville.
Not to be werid but how can they wash their body good if they wear a night gown while bathing? Do they was all those things? Or did back then they didn't?
I swear i thought the chick was just in a low chair wrapped in a blanket in the thumbnail then i see she's having a bath...I had just gotten out of my bath. I was buck naked and washed myself. lol.
I wouldn't sit in the tub at all, but stood up in the tub and had a lot of hot water pitchers on the floor beside the tub. Pour water on my face, neck, and arms and soap up with hands or a washcloth, wet shoulders and chest, and soap up and continue until down to the feet. Then keep rinsing down until soap is gone. Towel dry while still standing in the tub and lift and dry each foot while getting out. That little 'bottom' soak would not be enough. All this would be done without the shift and anyone's help. I would have been very rebellious and changed a lot of routines to have them make sense for me and save time. Drinks then get enjoyed while being bundled up in front of the fire.
Has no one considered how much was expected of the burdened female servant? One Victorian reanacment mentioned their days were normally about 14 hrs long. Had to up early everyday to prep for the families rising and start of the daily a.m routine. Then the evening routine....
@@rosebunnylove I get irritated in the winter with all the cool old weather gear you have to wear. This would be fun to play dress up for a day or two but would get old quickly.
I've always wondered, why were there sheets into the bathing gates at that time. It seems so useless and complicated to bath with a sheet into the water! Could someone give an answer, please? Thank you!
So did she stay in the wet shift and just let it dry, or change into a new dry one. If she did seems kinda pointless and a lot of laundry. Surprises me they didn't get sick !
It was called a bathing shift,used only for bathing. They changed into a night gown. Even back then people were too smart to sleep in wet clothing. You would catch your death!
All those strings. Makes me appreciate zippers, buttons, snaps, velcro and elastic.
@Scienspace732 what do you mean?
Mainly elastic 😕
@Scienspace732 They do exist actually, I have one. I replicated a 1920's suit that I learned about. It manifested out of thin air and I wear it when I want to be fancy.
Lol- at first I thought you were referring to the beautiful 🎶
No kidding! I recently made the decision to buy only pull on pants, as I have decided that zippers are too much bother.
Wow, this makes me so grateful for the modern bathing practices that I'm accustomed to. This looks like a ton of work!
I write historical fantasy, and i love videos like this so much. You really get to see what the clothing looked like on a living person, how it moved,etc. It helps so much. Thank you!
Nice attention to detail with the cloth stays, so many depictions of 18th and 19th century focus on the better known corset. Love your videos and dedication to living history!!
I loved this! What a great way to show all the layers. Usually it's only shown as getting dressed. I don't envy that tub. I don't think I could get out of it.
I couldn’t have gotten out of it.
Lol. I wouldn't have been able to get in it 😲😲🤣🤣
Could you possibly do a video on how working class women went about their night routine? Also amzing video. I really loved the cozy ambiance to it.
You and me both Ms. Berryhill. Like the Edwardian Era my favorite historical period, I really enjoy seeing how folks lived back in the day but would I like to live or visit those time periods; hell no! I'd be a slave.
Anyone else wondering how they washed the important bits??I've bathed a LOT of people and I can say with confidence, every fold needs a good wash!!
Hahahaha
They probably didn’t………
They weren’t as civilized as they were made to seem
Amen to that!!
They did wash,just like we do today… they just didn’t have running water… taking a bath was a luxury and people really enjoyed it. There are many ways to take a bath and clean properly without using 20 gallons of water.
This was absolutely delightful! Thank you so much for making it. It ended far too quickly.
I can’t imagine bathing in my clothing even if it’s just my chemise!
Me too.....
That is quite different taking a bath in a thin little shirt in a tiny tub with assistance LOL what I did live about it is just a hand-washing card but also the fireplace just the whole atmosphere of relaxation being in front of a fire would be kind of cool but I probably would not want a maid to help me and two I don't think I would be taking a bath with Asher tan hahaha but I love watching these videos are so cool
Makes one really appreciate showers,hot water,indoor running water !
And then she just got out and put a rob over her wet clothes 😣
@@thetruthdatedr.4766
No she changed it to a dry one of course. They miss showing thus part.
Ok. Be honest. Who all thought of Harriet Olson from Little House on the Prairie when you seen the Mrs. Doing her face routine?? 🙋♀️
Same here! Except Mrs. Olson used a whole tub on her face. Remember her face was always white with it!
I used to think it would be cool to get in a time machine and go back to that time and hang out for a while...but not after seeing all of those layers! I'm staying home in my single layer MuMu! Lol!
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I would have suffered from heat stroke, even during the wintertime. 🤒
I have terrible hot flashes, even though I've been post menopausal for years, so I would have fainted dead away from all those layers. 😫
She's in a wealthy household but no one pampers her.Strange....🤔
HaHa, right Lol, Lmbo. 😅😂
Lol that was hilarious but I think it would be worth a try😊
This video made me appreciate my huge shower with the adjustable jets. So much work they had!
I’d be wore out from just getting undressed. 😆
Haaaaaa
5:40 Don't forget to wash your eyeballs!
Exactly 🤷🏾♀️ my god! I am great full I am not been in those times 😓
That's why they drank. Lol.
Nah! Without Netflix, and iPhones y'all would've been bored as hell. lol
Was this done every single night? Man, I thought my nighttime routine was long!!
Not the bath.
Wearing a shift to take a bath wouldn’t work for me. It’s like being caught in the rain and wearing wet clothes.
@@defenderoffreespeechand2a794 I don't get the rationale behind that... far as I can tell, the only reason was to preserve modesty, which seems silly to us today.
@Jessica Rain City Actually, this is part of it. The dry parts of the chemise would help to kee you warm a tiny amount, due to the fabric it's made from. The wet parts would only become cold after getting out of the hip bath. The other part of it is for modesty.
What I wouldn't care for is not washing the nether regions or the armpits.
They didn t had much to do. No internet. :))
I love the clothing in these videos! I especially love the undergarments! The stays/ corsets are very historically accurate, since the ‘servant’ is wearing stays that look more like and older pair than the wealthy woman. I also love the pockets show when she was undressing! Where do you get the costumes for your videos?
Thank you for watching! Most of the clothing we make ourselves from bolts of fabric. Occasionally friends make it for us. Lucy Stephenson especially (the lady in the tub) is a very good seamstress. I prefer to buy off dresses made by friends as I'm not that good at sowing.
Anne 😍
Just what I needed, another YT channel to add to my social history addiction... subscribed!
Thank you dear
Do you have any other recommendations?
@@fuzzytheduck Townsends is great, the focus is on 18th century America.
Watching how complicate things were in the old time teaches you gratitude. At least for these kind of things. Me personally I congratulate myself every night for sleeping in a comfy, warm, clean bed, since I passed a night in a Tibetan nomad's tent. You must get used to from child on to endure these life styles. We are way to spoilt. But watching it is a kind of katharsis. Thanks for putting so much work into it!!
I don’t care how rich I was I want to bath by myself and relax in a larger tub. I would just have the help heat me water and set my bath up.
After all them drinks she was supping I'd be glad of the help I doubt id be able to get outta that lil bath without assistance
With no indoor plumbing I don’t think a full bathtub was an option
Well they certainly didn't have to endure these FUCKIN ADDS😵😫😵😫😡😡
They're called hip baths, and the whole point was to not have full immersion, it was considered unhealthy. That's where the misconceptions about people in the past being dirty come from, partly.
Absolutely right
:20 I love how the wealthy woman rubs her tired forehead and has a drink before the maid shows up to take her glass and help her undress. Wonder what time the maid went to bed and how early she'll have to be up the next day? :)
Lol, I noticed the maid was quick to get madam drunk. That must move her bedtime up a good bit!
I guess if she didn’t want to work for her, she didn’t have to.
@@mitzicoleman7187 or she had to do it to survive
@@mitzicoleman7187 There weren't a lot of jobs for women in those days:)
Who dressed the maid and did she take half baths too.Why take half baths when you're a whole person?
I really enjoyed the silent film aspect of this, complete with the string quartet background music. I wonder how anyone could get really clean while wearing a chemise.
1:42 I love how the music is perfectly in sync with Mrs. Stephenson shimmying her corset off of her body.
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Thanks for making these videos, I’m really into history, I’ve always loved history.
OMG I'm getting tired just watching this! Someone please tell my husband I don't take too long to get ready to go out for the evening 😂😂😂
I guess that’s why they never had to launder the dresses. They never touched skin!
Pretty sure if someone was sick constantly they would wash them frequently. Pollution wasn't much but the pollen was a lot.
Yes, that was the whole point of chemises. They protected the skin from chafing, but more importantly the actual garments from sweat and body oils. Only these durable, usually white linen undergarments were frequently washed.
That's why costume lovers always get into fits of rage, when women in historical movies wear their corsets without undergarments. It's completely historically inaccurate.
@@btsarmyforever3816 however, the wood smoke from fireplace would have penetrated the outerwear and smelled pretty heavy.
I'm generally focused on Turkic clothing history, so seeing these small bathtubs is always shocking and interesting for me since Turkic bathtubs are veeeery huge🤭amazing videos, i'm enjoying this channel so much✨✨
Hi 🙋🏾♀️ new subbie ! Thanks for taking us back into time. I enjoyed the music as well. Have a blessed Easter darling 🙏🏽🤍🐇🤍🐇🐣
Thank God for showers and indoor plumbing
They wore so many layers they probably wanted to rip that stuff off at night time just to breath thank you for sharing ❤️😄
Oh my gosh my great grandmother used to do the eye washing thing I still have her eyewash glass wow brings back some early childhood memories.
I am glad I don’t have to that length to get ready for bed. We just don’t realize how easy we have it today.
I've never actually seen a hip bath in use, and certainly not for a woman! (It's easier to imagine how a man might use such a bath.)
I am a little surprised that a folding screen or two were not set up for both privacy in case someone entered the room so as to shield her from view as well as to retain some heat from the lovely fire to help keep her warm while bathing. Very nice video. Thank you for sharing!!!
Feel so sorry for the maid, although it was probably a better life than her alternatives.
Somehow I doubt she would have been single in a room, let alone a room that nice.
@@be6715
Unless said maid was a favorite.
It's been explained in other videos, but the character isn't a maid. She is a relative of the family that was adopted and she works to earn her keep. The family wasn't rich enough to keep house servants.
@@TheOwenMajor sentiment remains the same - an exhausting way to earn your keep!
@@TheOwenMajor Yes! Isn’t she the maiden daughter?
You maids were worth your weight in gold. If I has lived then and had a maid I would treat her,them so well as they worked so hard and long hours. I'd love a maid now. I'm exhausted. I also believe the simplest of those beauty routines were better for the skin then some used today. The days before botox ,fillers,dieting. Walking was great exercise. 👍 I so enjoy these videos . They are educational,relaxing and just nice to watch .
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@@NMN_CP Huh?
I love it with just the music...very nice ! ❤️
Ha! I’d never known how those tiny baths were used! Learned something new today!
How were they drained?
@@panampia you take it out and dump it 😭
Did they change into a new shift again after the bath or just sit in a wet one until it dried?
I had the same question.
New. This is the bathing chemise “shift”
I really doubt that everyone did this routine every night ,perhaps only the wealthy back in that time frame. Not everyone could afford that much clothing let alone a nice Room like this
It must have really sucked to be poor in those days! I got tired just watching the routine of the rich lady!
it always sucks being poor
The room looked so relaxing.. then she started to get ready for her bath... forget that lol so much work.
Mrs. Stephenson, you’ve come a long way since our days on the frontier at Fort Madison. Time certainly has been good to you.😉
@@1820ColBenjaminStephensonHouse +
They must have been so hot all the time I can’t imagine what it was like in the summer🤯
Well, there was literally something called 'the little iceage' happening in Northern Europe during the 16th-19th century. In some years (1814 for example), it was cold enough, for the River Thames to freeze over deep enough, for people to walk on it - just to give you an idea. Imagine that without central heating.
Keeping your house warm and heating water for baths would have been both difficult and labor/cost intensive.
No wonder, they made do with washcloths and wore many layers of clothing, even fashion aside.
And when you don't do any physical work/exercise, like upper class ladies at the time, you're even more prone to feeling cold.
But yeah...it probably occasionally sucked in summer, to then be stuck with wearing all those clothes on top of each other.
I think this was in America bc of the channel name, and if in the south... its HOT. lol
@@Jennaye17
Oh, ha. My bad, you're correct of course. I was binge watching an English history channel yesterday and it was rather late, when I watched this video and wrote my comment.
And I'm not nearly as familiar with American history (or climate) of the time. I watch the Townsend channel occasionally, but they don't really cover upper class clothing and such.
@Mandii K
Well, yes and no (as I understand it, mind you, I'm not an expert)
The style of the clothes would stay the same and you'd still have to wear the required undergarments like chemise and stays or corset, petticoats or other 'skirt support'...whatever the current fashionable silhouette and decency/hygiene required.
But in winter, there would have been heavier wool skirts and thicker stockings, as well as additional shawls and such to keep the upper body warm.
But there wasn't the same clear distinction between summer and winter garments as today, as far as cut or length of the garments are concerned.
Prior Attire is an excellent source for that kind of information. They have a whole catalog of videos showing people of all classes and through the different decades (even centuries) getting dressed in period clothing.
Most of the clothes, for warmer weather and climates, were of light weight cottons, silks and linens. Natural materials don’t make you sweat as much. Heavier materials such as wool and heavier weight cotton and linen were kept for colder months
Ooo the bed warmer. I love getting into a warm bed
i think this style of dress with the high waistline is so much nicer than the trussed up victorian hourglass and big bottom look 🤣
I guess if there wasn’t anything else to do (tv, computers, phones, etc) this would be a relaxing time of night.
My Grandmother was born in 1888. Her Grandmother always said that a Lady would sit in the metal tub on a Bath Drape. She would wash up as far as possible. Stand, and then wash down as far as possible. Her Maid/ Attendant would then raise the bath drape, and Great Great Grandmother would wash possible.
I'm a huge fan of lots of water and big tub, but that little hip bath is probably enough. Hot water was not easy to come by back then. If I were going to time travel or just deal with a water situation I'd have a big pan to stand in and a bowl of hot water and scrub starting at the top and work down and not in a slip either.
this channel is wonderful .
Sono d'accordo.. Scoperto per caso e 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is hardly a bath, they must have been really dirty back then
Compared to a lot, I think she was very clean for back then.
All of those clothes when you're on your period...Geez!😙
Actually they weren't as dirty as most people think they were
@@gabrielpaludo6913 yes they were
And I can barely manage just to wash my face every night 😆
Wouldnt it be wonderful if these beauty products could be sold today?? I would love to use some of them. The scents sound wonderful.
She’s a pretty voluptuous Lady! I’m intrigued!
This is one of my favorites!! Thank you!
that must the most unpractical shower ever
This might be a little personal but did women wash their armpits and private areas when taking a bath or did they only wash the parts of their body that weren't covered by the chemise like in the video? Also what if a woman wanted to bathe, but she was on her menstrual cycle? Were there other methods of bathing or would she just have to wait till her cycle was over to finally bathe?
Wow! That is quite a production. I guess the "PTA bath" was not yet invented? Paraphrased, PTA = Privates, Breasts, Armpits. Looks like all those parts got covered and missed due to the bathing chemise. LOL!
Can't imagine when it was time to get down to business and dealing with body odor. Complete turn off 🤢
@@hueso5071 Omg I was thinking this too, but I didn't want to say it because I didn't want to sound like a creep lol. I couldn't imagine people wanting to be intimate with another person when their private areas smell so bad.
@@hueso5071Jeez, we expect everything to be visually spelled out for us these days. I don't think they can show that part on this channel.. There was a vessel featured on Antiques Roadshow, from the 1700s, that turned out to be a bidet. They were very common in the 1700s and 1800s. In fact, there was a genre of naughty pictures of the day that featured a lady using the bidet. Hilarious. I'd never heard of that activity being captured in art. This "bidet" habit is still around in Europe and i saw these vessels in small hotels in the late 20th c.
Since I've been watching your videos and watching Justine cook three meals a day and doing the clothing video and such when I'm at home making meals I think could I have lived back then it seemed pretty hard. And then I answer myself now it was too hard I could not have done it. The food looks really good though and I know it tastes good. The clothing thing I don't know just too many clothes to put on and take off. But as I've mentioned I like this channel because it's so interesting to see how people did live back then and for the historical value. ❤️❤️❤️
Fascinating, not sure about the bath but, nothing beats getting under nice warm water but sipping a drink Infront of the fire looked pretty cosy
I am so glad our California Mission 1820s costumes are just a medium weight cotton chemise, over skirt and long sash with moccasins! You ladies are reenactment warriors in my book!
It seems that the paradigm at the time was to use clothing to keep oneself clean. And the parts exposed to the air would only be the parts that needed to be washed on a regular basis. There is an idea that if one were to constantly use clean garments closest to the body, they will remain clean on the parts that are covered. Hence the emphasis to literally try and cover oneself with as many layers of clothing as much as possible.
Thank you! Great content.
I bet sleeping in a bonnet during menopause was fun. 😂
Lol
Just turn on the AC. 🥰
Your videos are always interesting and catches my attention☺️
So what was the need for the sheet/linen in the tub? A filter? Was water that dirty?
How many layers - unreal.💞💞💞
This was fun to watch.Wow lots of clothes they wore back then .
This gives me a new appreciation for showers
Not one but 2 beautiful pockets! you really wanted to please us?? ..... It worked.
Did you know that pockets were removed out of women’s clothes to prevent them from carrying around witch craft items like spells and other thing
@@annikabangos2513 seriously I just shove witchcraft items in my bra! Lol
@@shaqknowsball7157 Apparently they thought we witches wouldn't find a workaround and we'd just give up due to lack of pockets. 😂
Would love to know the composer and name of that first tune. I used to have it on Amazon Music but no longer subscribe to that. Would love to have it again!
What happened to washing all over? And a bigger tub? Did they use anything for deodorant?
This was wonderful to watch
Clasps and small buckles are a common metal detecting find from 1800's American homesites, many from Sock Garters worn by both men and women.
I've enjoyed this immensely.
Also, may I ask what Mr. Stephenson does for a living? Thank you!
He fought in the War of 1812 then became the congressional Delegate for the Illinois Territory from 1814 until 1817, helping to write the first constitution for the state of Illinois. More recently he has founded his own bank called The Bank of Edwardsville.
@@EarlyAmerican Thank you for replying!
@@EarlyAmerican He was also the Reciever of Public Monies at the Land office. Not a bad gig if you could get it at the time.
@@drokea1969 Thank you, too!
Edwardsville represent!
Love And Greetings from Cairo Egypt 🇪🇬
where did you get your stays? Just wonderful!
More than a bath, it's a wipe... Even in the middle ages they had a large barrel to bathe in!
Not to be werid but how can they wash their body good if they wear a night gown while bathing? Do they was all those things? Or did back then they didn't?
I swear i thought the chick was just in a low chair wrapped in a blanket in the thumbnail then i see she's having a bath...I had just gotten out of my bath. I was buck naked and washed myself. lol.
this channel is amazing! please keep making more videos :D
I wouldn't sit in the tub at all, but stood up in the tub and had a lot of hot water pitchers on the floor beside the tub. Pour water on my face, neck, and arms and soap up with hands or a washcloth, wet shoulders and chest, and soap up and continue until down to the feet. Then keep rinsing down until soap is gone. Towel dry while still standing in the tub and lift and dry each foot while getting out. That little 'bottom' soak would not be enough. All this would be done without the shift and anyone's help. I would have been very rebellious and changed a lot of routines to have them make sense for me and save time. Drinks then get enjoyed while being bundled up in front of the fire.
Give me working class any day! Also, please tell us what Madam was putting on her face after her bath! 💕
Has no one considered how much was expected of the burdened female servant?
One Victorian reanacment mentioned their days were normally about 14 hrs long. Had to up early everyday to prep for the families rising and start of the daily a.m routine. Then the evening routine....
I think that was the most uncomfortable bathing experience I've ever witnessed and I thank god I never have to do it that way.
Thank God for Justine
I absolutely adore this channel.....why didn't I see it before?! 😍
I love their dresses ❤️
Did the husband and wife have separate rooms back then?
These are so great!!
I fall asleep in my clothes and makeup. I've gone backwards in civilization. 😧
You're not alone, dear. Welcome to the Cavewoman Club! ☺
@@h.calvert3165 Haha
Don’t do that! 😬
This explains why our Grandmothers saved all those buttons! I still have them!
Why does she keep gown on is it because of the Visio or did they not clean everything
Woman of those days deserve medals for all those layers 😳 especially in the summer 🥵
Amazing
Loved it 💜
Grateful for the shower 🌻
I feel like I'd have so much fun doing this!
You would soon get fed up with all that unnecessary clothing!
@@blanchekonieczka9935 it's a possibility but from what I've watched majority of the layers were fairly breathable
@@rosebunnylove perhaps but it would still be a pain in the patoot to have to see dress like this every day!
@@blanchekonieczka9935 that's 100% true.
@@rosebunnylove I get irritated in the winter with all the cool old weather gear you have to wear. This would be fun to play dress up for a day or two but would get old quickly.
This would keep my blood pressure down, I think.😊
They bathed in their shifts? Or was that for modesty in the video?
Yes they did wear shifts to bathe
Great question!
For modesty and no doubt due to the cold, drafty rooms and freezing cold floors.
I've always wondered, why were there sheets into the bathing gates at that time. It seems so useless and complicated to bath with a sheet into the water! Could someone give an answer, please? Thank you!
Now I can understand. Thank you so much for the answer, Lucy!!!
Did they clean what is now considered the stinky parts like the underarms?
Rag culers are great...rarely fizz. I use them still.
So did she stay in the wet shift and just let it dry, or change into a new dry one. If she did seems kinda pointless and a lot of laundry. Surprises me they didn't get sick !
It was called a bathing shift,used only for bathing. They changed into a night gown. Even back then people were too smart to sleep in wet clothing. You would catch your death!