It’s sad how everyone thinks they forced women to do crazy things like right lacing or forced themselves to get into waists when it completely ignores the crafting wizardry and genius it took people to use padding to create the illusion of the fashionable silhouette when and just base those facts off of the misuse of corsets people in movies have been through and Victorian men spreading misinformation to ridicule one of the few places women had power as this gave women autonomy over their appearance and a place to work as most tailors were ran by women.
@@mythos2490tailors weren’t run by women, that was very much the male dominated fashion sphere, where everything was measured and cut flat to patterns. Mantua-makers were very much women dominated, because when the mantua gowns came into fashion (with everything draped on the body not according to measurements, just vibes), the tailors thought it was a silly fad. So when women decided to start making those dresses and building their own shops by themselves, the men just left them to it. More the fool them though, it stayed in fashion for ages! 💜
It's fascinating to see this run both ways: this era is conspicuous consumption in lots of fabric, early medieval fashion introducing darts and bias curs to make the 'one size fits all' into the custom fit gown is 'look, I can afford to buy fabric and then throw some of it away so you can see my figure'
@@Cat-tastropheeoh, kirtles have great movement! They may look ridiculously tight, but that's just the bra bit. I'm not saying you can do ballet in them, but a well-fit Medieval kirtle has a ton more movement range than a lot of later garments, particularly later ones. Source: me, I wear an uber-tight kirtle.
@@YourLocalHistorian but you are expected to never wear the same outfit twice, it is still conspicuous consumption, just more clothes rather then more fabric.
Because these days, showing off your wealth is far more about quantity as opposed to quality back in the day. They used to show off wealth by how fabulous their clothes were rather than how many outfits they could buy.
i get what your trying to say but it's very off topic. this video is not about the quality of the fabrics or clothes compared to today, it was about how rich people used their clothes to show their wealth.
Silk petticoats...reminds me of Mami on Gone with the Wind. She wanted a red one and when she finally got one she was so excited and wore it everywhere! Such a sweet exchange between Rhett (ML) and her!!
There was also an anecdote from a BTS-type deal, looking back on GWtW- where one of the women who played one of Scarlett's sisters talked to Cukor, I think- because she'd done several Westerns by this point, & naively tried to help save money- she didn't see why she needed to have large amounts of petticoats, or trimmed underwear or something- especially if no one else would see it. His response was: " _You'll_ know- you're (your character's) the daughter of a very wealthy man" Like- that astonished me, but it shouldn't have; though the busts of the historical pieces of the '40's-'60's often anachronistically accommodated the underwear of their own time, rather than the period they were portraying- & some hair & makeup choices were very of their time (hell, with exceptions like 'Emma'- we *still* have that problem *_now_* )- stuff like 'GWtW', 'Diane' & so on- is remarkable in the effort they put into the costuming - people like Edith Head, Orry Kelly, & Adrian- making award-winning costuming long before it was a category...
@@OcarinaSapphr-I loved watching the old movies when they were on tv and I noticed that Edith Head was a regular on costumes so I deliberately looked for her work. I knew nothing about her but I knew her work. Her art.
There was a practical side to so much fabric too - it's was warm. Coats didn't become that big a thing until after the amount of fabric used in a single outfit dropped considerably, before then a shawl or cape was all that was used, and that was often about the rain too. With the right materials and construction it could even help somewhat with the heat too, creating shade against the skin and light weight linen woven fabrics is the literal best choice for hot weather, wicking away sweat while allowing some air movement through the fabric to cool down (seriously miles better then cotton, and even better then the next best, summer weight wool).
@@bonnylouwho76 America is having a massive identity crisis right now so you could probably get away with it and set a new fashion trend at the same time.
@@Hurricaneforc3windsman I don't wear anything but 100% cotton cause synthetic fibres fall apart in 2 weeks and I ain't onto that fast fashion bullshit and I still get hot.
@@Hurricaneforc3winds 99% of my "modern" clothing is entirely cotton and I dont live in a super warm climate. some of us are just naturally sweaty :D its still good advice, but some natural fabrics like wool are still hot af. so i would go for cotton, linen, bamboo. And antiperspirant!! good luck out there fellow sweaties
All the dress components are beautiful and well made. I love all the ruffles and lace on the undergarments! So sad nobody was able to see them years ago, except maybe a husband. Your waist is exceptionally tiny even without making everything else bigger. You look beautiful in every dress you put on. Thanks for sharing!
Wealth also determined what colors one could afford. For instance, Tyrian purple and the other Murex derived colors. Sure, one smelled fishy, but it was a sacrifice for fashion. Scotland in the high Middle Ages heavily taxed imported dyes. Hence, color choice was severely limited, unless there was money in the family. Lovely costume! Cheers!
Middle class fashion lasted 10 years during those days. I am not saying they never had new dresses-they did-just not very many. Only the inner layers needed washing generally so the clothing also lasted much longer. Once done with it -it passed onto less wealthy relatives, who may have used it or sold it. The garment was recut and remade if possible or if stained in one area-cut down into a child’s suit or a vest. etc-even down into dolls clothing. Not much was wasted but when totally finished it went into bundles and sent to the rags factories. Buttons removed, sorted and sold, fabrics sorted-Wools made into felts, cottons into paper. Nowadays for decades I do only thrift shopping for my clothes. It is recycling, re-using and reducing new need for products. It saves a ton of money. I also sew. That comes in handy!
Well, if you were middle-class and in society, you would need to at least stay somewhat in style. So you couldn't keep the same dress for ten years. Maybe for outfits you wore at home, but anything for going out would have to be either altered or a new one purchased. If you got too off trend, you ran the risk of losing social clout. And people questioning your families finances. Of course, it would be a balancing act: how much were they willing to pay to stay "fashionable" and how long they could alter a dress before anyone noticed...
I wish we still dressed like this at least for in the winter. You cannot tell Ms that if those dresses were made with the right fabrics you wouldn't be warm. Also how fun would it be to just be in a dress all day and twirl around?
Those outfits absolutely were warm. Thick winter outerwear didn't really become a thing until fairly recent history when women stopped dressing in so many layers. With an outfit like this, one would only need a shawl, wrap or lightweight jacket to be warm and add protection from the elements.
I appreciate the history you offer while showing us the dresses. I love reading novels of this era and being able to see the fashion and what people would wear based on income allows me to create a better picture in my mind
i've been binge watching you because part of my senior research project for college is on textiles and fashion in the 19th century and it helps SO much to see what it would look like in motion rather than just photographs and paintings
I love how visual and educational ypur videos are! I always love seeing your edwardian outfits, makes me a teensy bit jealous you have them, most are my favorite color and pattern for that era!
You are incredible! I love seeing the clothing, how you put it together & hearing all of the wonderful history. You have become my favorite channel. 🤗🌻🦋
I love this. I follow channels that show fashions of decades of long ago but this is the first time I’ve heard that they wanted people to “hear” how wealthy they were. Makes sense because those beautiful silk undergarments never get seen so they might as well be heard🙂
Dress is fantastic! I love Middle Class ensembles from history - there's something particularly fun to me about seeing what someone in my same socioeconomic situation today would have worn back then!
My great Aunts dressed like this. Their father sent them off to a school to learn to make patterns, suits etc. They were super beautiful stylish ladies. One of them came back and taught sewing in the local AZ schools in the early 1900’s.
Fascinating part of culture that is not immediately obvious. I'm curious about laundry. I don't think all of the garments were cleaned very often, just interchanged parts on a daily basis. Under garments were washed by hand.
So I love the Enola Holmes series and she always describes her dress and the fashion of that time and seeing your outfits really puts it into perspective.
I also really think it's cool how outfits would be altered and recycled (maybe less so by the super rich) as trends changed. The same general silhouette could have the sleeves replaced or change shape. Support garments like crinolines could change shape and that affects how even the same dress would look.
They wanted people to ✨hear✨ how rich they were lol
Yassssss
So extra 😂
Honestly such a serve though
Maybe that’s what they mean when they say wealth whispers😂
Silk is also really comfortable
I love the idea of “I want my waist to look smaller so I’ll make everything else look bigger!” 😂
It sure beats liposuction, rib removals, and super tight waist trainers.
@@ICatheraTashaI That’s very true
It’s sad how everyone thinks they forced women to do crazy things like right lacing or forced themselves to get into waists when it completely ignores the crafting wizardry and genius it took people to use padding to create the illusion of the fashionable silhouette when and just base those facts off of the misuse of corsets people in movies have been through and Victorian men spreading misinformation to ridicule one of the few places women had power as this gave women autonomy over their appearance and a place to work as most tailors were ran by women.
@@mythos2490tailors weren’t run by women, that was very much the male dominated fashion sphere, where everything was measured and cut flat to patterns. Mantua-makers were very much women dominated, because when the mantua gowns came into fashion (with everything draped on the body not according to measurements, just vibes), the tailors thought it was a silly fad. So when women decided to start making those dresses and building their own shops by themselves, the men just left them to it. More the fool them though, it stayed in fashion for ages! 💜
it's an extremely important part of historical silhouettes!
It's fascinating to see this run both ways: this era is conspicuous consumption in lots of fabric, early medieval fashion introducing darts and bias curs to make the 'one size fits all' into the custom fit gown is 'look, I can afford to buy fabric and then throw some of it away so you can see my figure'
Right, and pay someone to tailor it for you, as well as be rich enough that your outfits dont need to require free range of motion.
@@Cat-tastropheeoh, kirtles have great movement! They may look ridiculously tight, but that's just the bra bit.
I'm not saying you can do ballet in them, but a well-fit Medieval kirtle has a ton more movement range than a lot of later garments, particularly later ones.
Source: me, I wear an uber-tight kirtle.
Kirtles are also functioning as a bra, so of course they need to fit tight.
Now it’s about how little fabric someone can wear… fashion is weird
@@YourLocalHistorian but you are expected to never wear the same outfit twice, it is still conspicuous consumption, just more clothes rather then more fabric.
When did we go from “I can wear this ensemble 2-3 years” to “how dare you repeat even one outfit ever”…?
Because these days, showing off your wealth is far more about quantity as opposed to quality back in the day. They used to show off wealth by how fabulous their clothes were rather than how many outfits they could buy.
When fast fashion became a way for the rich to be wasteful
Oh, not them wanting people to *hear * how rich they were 😂
Rich people never change 😭
This is the key to bringing actual quality back to clothes.
What? Be super wealthy and use miles of fabric like silk that sounds wealthy?
The key is willing to pay more than 5 bucks babey
@@yay-catno, to wear fabrics that are natural and better for the environment while being more durable than freaking polyester
@@rai1879how would that have been inferred from this video?
i get what your trying to say but it's very off topic. this video is not about the quality of the fabrics or clothes compared to today, it was about how rich people used their clothes to show their wealth.
I love this! The dress looks like the original American girl doll Samantha dress
Came here to say this!! 😍 I still have my sister’s Samantha doll with all her outfits!
that was my exact thought 😍
I thought the same thing lmao!!!
OMG my thoughts too!!! I still have my Samantha doll and she still makes my smile. 💙💙
This would have been considered fully 20 years out of fashion by the time of Samantha’s story, but the color pallet and textures are for sure similar!
like walking to the candy lady with all quarters & dimes in my pockets as a child because I wanted my friends to ✨hear✨ how much I could buy 😂
Lmaoooo😅🤣🤣🤣🤣 yesssss!!
The Candy Lady!!! 🎉🎉
Silk petticoats...reminds me of Mami on Gone with the Wind. She wanted a red one and when she finally got one she was so excited and wore it everywhere! Such a sweet exchange between Rhett (ML) and her!!
If I ever get married again, I WANT rustly red , pink and purple petticoats under MY gown.
There was also an anecdote from a BTS-type deal, looking back on GWtW- where one of the women who played one of Scarlett's sisters talked to Cukor, I think- because she'd done several Westerns by this point, & naively tried to help save money- she didn't see why she needed to have large amounts of petticoats, or trimmed underwear or something- especially if no one else would see it.
His response was: " _You'll_ know- you're (your character's) the daughter of a very wealthy man"
Like- that astonished me, but it shouldn't have; though the busts of the historical pieces of the '40's-'60's often anachronistically accommodated the underwear of their own time, rather than the period they were portraying- & some hair & makeup choices were very of their time (hell, with exceptions like 'Emma'- we *still* have that problem *_now_* )- stuff like 'GWtW', 'Diane' & so on- is remarkable in the effort they put into the costuming - people like Edith Head, Orry Kelly, & Adrian- making award-winning costuming long before it was a category...
@@OcarinaSapphr-I loved watching the old movies when they were on tv and I noticed that Edith Head was a regular on costumes so I deliberately looked for her work. I knew nothing about her but I knew her work. Her art.
And we know it was silk because before Rhett saw it, he heard it on her, and then she lifted her hemline.
Love the history lesson. Makes one think obsession with excess consumption in the fashion department dates way back. 🤔👍💖
Excess to show off wealth isn't new, but the clothes deemed unfashonable didn't end up in landfills…fabric was too valuable.
@@ima.ekenes good point. Half my wardrobe is old enough to drink. 😄👍💙🕊
There was a practical side to so much fabric too - it's was warm. Coats didn't become that big a thing until after the amount of fabric used in a single outfit dropped considerably, before then a shawl or cape was all that was used, and that was often about the rain too. With the right materials and construction it could even help somewhat with the heat too, creating shade against the skin and light weight linen woven fabrics is the literal best choice for hot weather, wicking away sweat while allowing some air movement through the fabric to cool down (seriously miles better then cotton, and even better then the next best, summer weight wool).
Meanwhile, I sweat in a single layer of tshirt during winters
Fabric choice is everything. Synthetic fabrics are essentially glorified plastic wrap, which is why we sweat souch in modern clothing.
Seriously, I KNOW~I prefer wrapping up in big flat cotton sheets for clothes indoors. If it would work in public in America I would do that too....
@@bonnylouwho76 America is having a massive identity crisis right now so you could probably get away with it and set a new fashion trend at the same time.
@@Hurricaneforc3windsman I don't wear anything but 100% cotton cause synthetic fibres fall apart in 2 weeks and I ain't onto that fast fashion bullshit and I still get hot.
@@Hurricaneforc3winds
99% of my "modern" clothing is entirely cotton and I dont live in a super warm climate.
some of us are just naturally sweaty :D
its still good advice, but some natural fabrics like wool are still hot af. so i would go for cotton, linen, bamboo. And antiperspirant!! good luck out there fellow sweaties
Love the swishing/rustling sounds skirts make.
The way I used to hate history,but when I saw you everything changed!THANK U SO MUCH!!!❤
You are so gifted. Making all this yourself. Beautiful. Very interesting
All the dress components are beautiful and well made. I love all the ruffles and lace on the undergarments! So sad nobody was able to see them years ago, except maybe a husband. Your waist is exceptionally tiny even without making everything else bigger. You look beautiful in every dress you put on. Thanks for sharing!
Wealth also determined what colors one could afford.
For instance, Tyrian purple and the other Murex derived colors. Sure, one smelled fishy, but it was a sacrifice for fashion.
Scotland in the high Middle Ages heavily taxed imported dyes. Hence, color choice was severely limited, unless there was money in the family.
Lovely costume!
Cheers!
Or someone who could somehow sink ships and bring the contraband in...
@@bonnylouwho76 You mean “wreckers”? Indeed.
Loved the detail about silk underskirts!!
Middle class fashion lasted 10 years during those days. I am not saying they never had new dresses-they did-just not very many. Only the inner layers needed washing generally so the clothing also lasted much longer. Once done with it -it passed onto less wealthy relatives, who may have used it or sold it. The garment was recut and remade if possible or if stained in one area-cut down into a child’s suit or a vest. etc-even down into dolls clothing. Not much was wasted but when totally finished it went into bundles and sent to the rags factories. Buttons removed, sorted and sold, fabrics sorted-Wools made into felts, cottons into paper.
Nowadays for decades I do only thrift shopping for my clothes. It is recycling, re-using and reducing new need for products. It saves a ton of money. I also sew. That comes in handy!
My family has always done this. My daughter LOVE it as they have learned how to do this as well. Inventiveness occurs in all areas of existance.
Well, if you were middle-class and in society, you would need to at least stay somewhat in style. So you couldn't keep the same dress for ten years. Maybe for outfits you wore at home, but anything for going out would have to be either altered or a new one purchased. If you got too off trend, you ran the risk of losing social clout. And people questioning your families finances.
Of course, it would be a balancing act: how much were they willing to pay to stay "fashionable" and how long they could alter a dress before anyone noticed...
I wish we still dressed like this at least for in the winter. You cannot tell Ms that if those dresses were made with the right fabrics you wouldn't be warm. Also how fun would it be to just be in a dress all day and twirl around?
Those outfits absolutely were warm. Thick winter outerwear didn't really become a thing until fairly recent history when women stopped dressing in so many layers. With an outfit like this, one would only need a shawl, wrap or lightweight jacket to be warm and add protection from the elements.
love how the ribbons suit the squares!! (idk the name in english and i dont wanna say tartan bc thats not what it is)
This pattern has a really fun name in English, “houndstooth”!
@@thesewloartist oh thats one of my fav patterns!! i didnt recognise it haha
in french we call it chicken foot or rooster foot depending on the size
@@melowlw8638Haha I love that!
@@melowlw8638 that so interesting, in Russian it's called geese foot!
@@melowlw8638in Spanish: rooster foot
I appreciate the history you offer while showing us the dresses. I love reading novels of this era and being able to see the fashion and what people would wear based on income allows me to create a better picture in my mind
i've been binge watching you because part of my senior research project for college is on textiles and fashion in the 19th century and it helps SO much to see what it would look like in motion rather than just photographs and paintings
Every single dress you put on since I've been watching you is amazing
Not only you are a beautiful woman, you have a fantastic voice. Thank you for showing us how real ladies dressed 👗 in the "Old Days "
i just love that natural fibre clothes are way warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. it's sad how expensive it is to buy them today though.
I’m always surprised by how beautiful the dress turns out at the end
1895-1905 are my favorite decade of fashion 😍🥰
I love that you show us dresses from different eras.
I feel like an old lady anymore because I've been really into older fashion looks 😅 they were just so stunning ❤
the outfit is stunning as usual 💘
Anne Shirley is gasping over those sleeves
As am I! 😍
lol that was my first thought!!!
"Matthew, is that for me?"
Your videos are really educational
But in all honesty, you are very beautiful.
Something about your eyes gives extra life to your facial expressions
I would have LOVED dressing like that!
🎵 "your skirt sounds like your daddy 's got money"
With the exception of the choker, (can't handle anything on my throat, I literally feel like I am choking or being strangled), I love this outfit
Your corsets are beautiful ❤️
1895 has to be my favorite era, so pretty!
I love how visual and educational ypur videos are! I always love seeing your edwardian outfits, makes me a teensy bit jealous you have them, most are my favorite color and pattern for that era!
You are incredible! I love seeing the clothing, how you put it together & hearing all of the wonderful history.
You have become my favorite channel. 🤗🌻🦋
Im starting to understand how seeing an ankle could be very exciting !! Seriously - very cool ! Interesting , informative and entertaining !
I love this. I follow channels that show fashions of decades of long ago but this is the first time I’ve heard that they wanted people to “hear” how wealthy they were. Makes sense because those beautiful silk undergarments never get seen so they might as well be heard🙂
Excellent presentation. Not sure which I like more; your beauty or your oratory skills...never mind, I vote for both. Well done!
I love how you put all your looks together!
my money don't jiggle jiggle, it rustles
Your waist always looks snatched. Truly.
I love this dress… omg… girl you look amazing in everything you put on.. thanks for sharing your knowledge and inspiration.❤
Remember, the biggest fashions were ALWAYS sleeves because they're so easy to change.
Often older, less fashionable dresses would be taken apart to be reworked into a new fashionable dress or into children's clothing.
and there's always cushion covers, curtains, quilts, donating to the poor box, doll clothes, etc. They weren't going to throw usable fabric away.
That's definitely how my great grandmothers dressed. I have a photo of 1 of them in something similar at a family picnic in New Jersey.
Wow, so many layers in that make me feel so hot already 🥵 but it’s looks beautiful
It’s giving the “Samantha” American Girl doll and I am in LOVE
You're so beautiful! I'm so happy to hear how passionate you are about these eras and I love watching!
I love that dress...that dandy heavy duty fabric.
You definitely need a bouquet of flowers in your hands!❤️
Girl! You got talent!! The entertainment community needs you!
Bring the good old days back
she's 10x more educating than any of my teachers
That fabric BBL is a nice touch.
Please bring back some form of this dress. It's just gorgeous.
Your waist always looked snatched, girl! 😅
Girl, you waist is snatched!!
Incredible! Love your passion! Keep up the good work!
You are absolutely lovely and beautiful ❤ keep up the great spirit and your wonderful work 🎉
i honestly wouldnt care about all the layers! the clothing was just so beautiful🍂❤️
Very, very stylish❤Just have to love it. THANK YOU A LOT FOR SHARING❤
Thank you for teaching us this information.
Fascinating.
Love this info!! Also….I cannot imagine wearing that many layers in the heat. Wow!!
Those velvet bows put it 1000% over the top and I'm going to be dreaming about them!
There’s something very civilised about this fashion style and era.
So this is why you would see catalogue drawings of men wearing 2 vests, 3 coats, and a cape.
Your sense of history in fashion is truly amazing I appreciate you very much
Women had their dresses re-made into the latest style. Nothing went to waste.
My goodness it is just stunning , I absolutely adore the style !
Can we talk about how cute the under dress is to wear on its own for summer in modern times, granted it not see through
All said and done, you look fabulous!
That's soooo prettyyyyyyy I love the bows
Can never have too many! Modern fashion has really lost the plot with the lack of bows.
@@thesewloartist yeah I wear lots of hair ribbons to compensate for the lack of them
...and you look AMAZING
That looks fabulous.
I love the dresses from this era❤❤❤
Beautiful!
So glad I discovered this channel 😂
that "textile consumption" was hot
Dress is fantastic! I love Middle Class ensembles from history - there's something particularly fun to me about seeing what someone in my same socioeconomic situation today would have worn back then!
My great Aunts dressed like this. Their father sent them off to a school to learn to make patterns, suits etc. They were super beautiful stylish ladies. One of them came back and taught sewing in the local AZ schools in the early 1900’s.
I cant imagine any man that didn't specifically work in the fashion industry would even notice
Fascinating part of culture that is not immediately obvious. I'm curious about laundry. I don't think all of the garments were cleaned very often, just interchanged parts on a daily basis. Under garments were washed by hand.
The fabric choice reminds me of a grown up version of Samantha (the American Girl doll).
Man I wish women still dressed like this. It's so pretty
Just watching her dressing up is already exhausting 😁
So I love the Enola Holmes series and she always describes her dress and the fashion of that time and seeing your outfits really puts it into perspective.
Like the belt and fabric !
Damn 1895 was a fashionable time
You look divine!
My home is 1895, and possibly a middle class home it’s nice to see what the old owners used to wear ❤
Gorgeous, great job!!
It’s giving ✨marry poppins✨
And silk breathes and wicks like nothing else.
I also really think it's cool how outfits would be altered and recycled (maybe less so by the super rich) as trends changed. The same general silhouette could have the sleeves replaced or change shape. Support garments like crinolines could change shape and that affects how even the same dress would look.
Oh those puff sleeves give me major Anne of green gables vibes mhh
Puffed sleeves!!!
I love seeing clothing videos like this. My house was built before this time, so seeing what fashion my house may have seen is fascinating!