25 Random Fashion Facts [0:00:00]
All right, gentlemen.
In today's video, we're having fun, twenty five random fashion facts that most men do
not know.
[Music] So, in today's video we're going to play
a game.
As I go through the twenty five facts, I want to hear from you down in the comments which
ones you disagree with, I don't agree with all of these.
We went out and we did the research, but some of these I think can be disputed.
If you can guess the right ones down in the comments, I've got some cool gifts I'm
going to be giving away.
What are those?
Find out, guys.
I'm going to reveal that in today's video.
Fashion fact number one.
Buttons were invented thirty five hundred years before buttonholes.
So, what did they do without buttonholes and they had buttons?
Guys, they use loops to fasten items.
The next random fashion fact on men's clothing what we'll find buttons are on the right
side.
On women's clothing, buttons are going to be on the left side.
Now, some people think this is because men needed to be able to reach over and pull out
a weapon.
It's actually because women were getting dressed by servants, hence they have the buttons
on the opposite side.
Now, this next fashion fact explains why on jackets why on vests we don't button the
bottom buttons.
It goes back to Kind Edward VII, he was so large that he could not button the bottom
button on his vest or his jackets.
So, this was picked up by others as, okay, I see what the king here is doing, let's
go ahead and imitate this.
It became a fashion trend.
Now, that fashion trend has continued to live on and we see in modern jackets and modern
vests that they are designed actually not to button that bottom button.
And that leads me to the next fashion fact.
Buttons that are designed never to be buttoned are called idle buttons.
And why do we have buttons on our sleeves?
Well, apparently Frederick the Great of Russia thought it would be a good idea to put buttons
here to prevent the soldiers from wiping their noses on their uniform.
Now, another interesting fact is why do they call this surgeon cuffs whenever you've
got buttons that can unbutton?
And it simply is that surgeons on the battle field would be able to roll their cuffs and
do surgery and not get their jackets dirty.
Yes, surgeons on the battle field used to wear jackets.
Now, if you're a student of history, you may have read that the puritan founding fathers
thought buttons were sinful.
Go back a couple of hundred years; buttons were a sign of wealth.
They were oftentimes made from precious stones from jewelry, but the puritans viewed this
as just simply being over the top and it wasn't in what they consider a plain type of dress.
All right, gentlemen.
So, this next fashion fact is based off research and that is if you wear a watch you're less
likely to be late because you're more conscientious of time, you're basically more aware of
what's going on around you.
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with the fashion fact number that you disagree with and why.
Next up, let's talk about the ticket pocket.
So, this is on the right side of the jacket of a sports jacket of a blazer.
Ticket pocket is usually going to be smaller.
Their design why they were made to hold a ticket.
Now, in most suit jackets sports jacket you're going to see what are known as jetted pockets
and these actually go into the material.
But, occasionally you will see what's known as a patch pocket.
A patch pocket is a pocket that is sewn right on top of the material, hence called the patch.
Now, the vast majority of pockets on a jacket going horizontally are going to be straight.
Occasionally though, going towards the outside, you will see them start to slant down.
These are called hacking pockets.
The reason for a hacking pocket?
So, if you're riding a horse it was easier to put your hands in the pocket and pull something
out.
Occasionally on a casual shirt, you're going to see what's called an epaulette.
And an epaulette is a fold over of material that used to actually be for holding a rank
insignia.
So, it just goes to show how closely tied menswear is to basically military uniforms.
And why would you ever want a shirt with an epaulette?
Because it's going to build up your shoulders.
The classic business suit has remained virtually unchanged for almost a hundred years.
Now, we've seen changes in proportions, maybe colors go in and out, but the overall
design of the suit has not really changed.
[0:05:00] Sports jackets are called sports jackets because
they were worn by men watching sport and participating in sport.
So, you're watching maybe horseracing or you are participating in hunting.
Spectator shoes are called spectator shoes because they were worn by spectators.
About a hundred years ago whenever they went to events such as horseracing they wanted
to stand out and they wanted it to be seen that these were not their formal shoes.
They still looked good, but they were something different about them, hence they were called
spectator shoes.
The technical term for the end of a shoelace is called an aglet.
Most dress shoes are going to have an odd number of lace holes.
In this case, one, two, three, four, five.
So, the next random fashion fact, most lace holes are incorrectly labeled as eyelets or
grommets.
Now, eyelets or grommets use metal, but lace holes as they should be correctly called actually
do not and they're just simple holes in the leather.
Next up, let's talk about vibram soles.
Vibram soles are rubber soles really durable, really tough that have extreme grip.
They were developed by a mountaineer, his name is Vitale Bramani and he was climbing
the Alps and six of his climbing crew froze to death.
And after this incident, he went out and developed a sole that would have probably saved their
lives if they had had it.
Next up, let's talk about the design and popularity of the modern cowboy boot.
So, most of these is owed to Hollywood, not to history.
Now, if you go back historically, yes, there is the western boot and it did not have laces,
it did have a heel, it did have a higher upper, but not this high.
This is all part of Hollywood putting in the flashy colors the design.
This is something that could be sold and could be mass marketed.
Now, when you go back and look historically, yes, it was something that if you fell out
of the saddle no laces so that it would slip right off and the heel to help you get a grip
right in there.
Now, all that being said, I love western boots.
So, talking about boots, let's talk about Wellington boots.
These were invented in 1817 by the Duke of Wellington.
Basically, he wanted a boot that could go from being out riding a horse going out and
doing the work to actually being able to wear at night, this was a formal time, so it's
the boot that could make transition something that I think a lot of you guys would appreciate.
Most people have one foot that's slightly larger than the other.
When you're trying to make a decision of which size to go with, go with the larger
size foot.
So, this is really strange for us Americans, but what we call suspenders, the British they
call braces.
And what the British call suspenders, we call women's garters.
Kind of strange, huh?
Now, did you know that Benjamin Franklin besides being on a hundred dollar bills also set fashion
trends.
So, apparently in 1736 he made the volunteer fire department the first one in the United
States part of their uniform was to wear suspenders, hence they became popular.
And suspenders apparently were a big deal.
Men were to receive them as gifts from women and they would go through and they would embroider
them make them really nice.
Napoleon had some with bumblebees, Franklin Delano Roosevelt apparently had eagles and
flags on them.
Pretty patriotic there.
And besides being called braces, apparently suspenders were also called galluses which
comes from the word gallows which means to hang which sounds really morbid and I'm
glad they don't call them that anymore.
So, what happened to suspenders how come we don't wear them as much anymore?
Well, it started in 1893 with the fashion trend called the belt.
And basically, it was a really hot summer people were like it's too hot to even wear
suspenders, so they started wearing these new hip things called belts, hence we wear
belts even today.
So, in today's day and age, the color blue is considered very strong and masculine, the
color pink is considered feminine.
Go back a hundred and fifty years, this was actually flipped.
Blue was a feminine color and pink was a masculine color because of its association with red
which was considered a very strong color for men.
So, why is there a stereotype that men can't match colors like women?
Actually, it's got a bit of a scientific base and that is almost ten percent of men
are color blind compared to less than one percent of women.
All right, gentlemen.
So, which of the fashion facts do you disagree with?
Let me know down in the comments.
And make sure you click on that link for Vincero down in the description, go check out the
watches.
Let me know exactly which one you like to receive along with the fashion fact you disagree
with and why and we're going to go through it and I'm going to choose out some winners
here on the next week.
All right, gentlemen.
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Hopefully, it's not random.
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