How many of these facts about clothing were you aware of?
Young Victorian men used to wear locks of their lover’s pubic hair in their hats as mementos. Apparently they couldn’t remember whom they slept with a week ago.
The first shopping mall to sell clothes was built in ancient Rome.
Victorian detachable men’s collars were so tight that guys sometimes chocked themselves to death from wearing them, which is how they got the nickname “father killers.”
The first fashion magazine was published in 1678 in, where else, France. It was called Le Mercure Galant and targeted male readers. Almost a decade later a similar magazine for women followed.
Lacoste’s little embroidered crocodile was the first-ever designer logo. He created and manufactured it in 1933.
The manly spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were actually created by bra maker Playtex.
Napoleon had brass buttons sewn on the sleeves of his soldiers’ uniforms to discourage them from wiping their noses on their uniforms. It is also believed that he rewarded them after victorious battles with bottles of expensive perfume.
The Russian military started wearing socks officially in 2007. Before that they’d just wrap pieces of cloth around their feet.
The first high heels appear in Persia and were worn by Men. Persian horse riders used heeled shoes for extra stability when riding horses (they helped hold the rider's foot in stirrups).
Greek prostitutes had sayings etched into the bottoms of their shoes such as “follow me” to attract customers. Apparently prostitutes in ancient Greece had to be very athletic and walk in a very specific way to show them off.
Before Queen Victoria’s white wedding, white was a color traditionally associated with mourning and not happy times.
After a student was suspended for wearing a t-shirt of the nu metal band Korn, the band decided to “donate” hundreds of their shirts to the students of this high school in Michigan. The strange thing is that police actually helped to hand out the tees.
According to the American Psychological Association (APA) people are more willing to give money to someone whose dress style resembles their own.