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Fashion trends and history

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    Fashion trends
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  • What are panniers?Hint: it was popular with court ladies in the 18th century, and could take up the space of almost three men
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  • What's the name of the things people wear on the head. In the 18th century they were extremely big and popular, and it was believed that some people had mice living inside it.
    (Powdered) Wigs
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  • "Style" often associated with samurais
    Ponytails
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  • What was one of the most harmful fashion trends (to women, mostly) that ever existed? Name 3
    Corsets, high heels, hobble skirts, others...
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  • What was a very traditional and common (and harmful) practice in China, done to little girls, that survived until the beginning of the 20th century?
    Feet biding
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  • What does the First World War has to do with fashion?
    Since women started to work to replace the men who were sent to war, their clothes had to become more functional
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  • In the past, people had seen clothes as a reflection of of their place in society. But it changed in the 60's, with the hippie movement. Why/how?
    It became a way of expressing one's individuality.
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  • What are meggings?
    Men leggings
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  • How long does it take in general for fashion to be "recycled"?
    Fashion trends make a comeback roughly every 20 years
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