Download Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era AudioBook Free
Have you ever before thought about why we wear the kind of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting record of fashion styles reveals the flamboyant styles used (and discarded) by our ancestors. In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their results, painted their encounters with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with scent to pay body odor. Take a fresh look at history's invisible fashion disasters and find out a few of the stories behind historical garments:
- How taking away a middle ages woman's headdress could show her as a harlot
- Why Tudor men bought and sold in their oversized codpieces for corsets
- How crinoline caused a spate of shoplifting among Victorian ladies