History and Hearsay

WEIRD AND DEADLY FASHION TRENDS | Deadly Fashion in the Victorian Era

Christina Season 2 Episode 11

Lately we have been discussing deadly fashion during the Victorian Era but it turns out history, is FULL of examples of deadly fashion in pretty much every century.  From headdresses to bird hats, tall shoes and wide skirts, they thought they looked great, but these styles were deadly!
TIMESTAMPS: 

0:00 - Deadly Fashion 
0:26 - Fotange
2:43 - Crinoline 
6:43 - Choplines 
7:54 - Bird hats
8:56 - Watch this next! =)

SOURCES:

https://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-fontange-hairstyle.html
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/fontange/

https://awomensthing.org/blog/historical-shoe-trends-chopines-crakows/ 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/crinoline 

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/fontange/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontange 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73959/7-ways-victorian-fashion-could-kill-you 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73959/7-ways-victorian-fashion-could-kill-you