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INTERESTING AND FUN FACTS ABOUT FASHION

September 26, 2016

INTERESTING AND FUN FACTS ABOUT FASHION

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The word ‘jeans’ comes from the cotton pants worn by
“Genes,” the local term for Genoan sailors.

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The average American owns 7 pairs of blue jeans.

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The four major fashion capitals of the world are New York, London, Milan, and Paris.
Each city holds fashion shows twice, in February and September.

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It was not acceptable for women to wear shorts in
public until World War 2.

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The first fashion magazine was published in Germany in
1586.

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Over a lifetime, an American woman will spend $125,000
on clothes. 3,000 items—271 pairs of shoes, 185 dresses, and 145 bags.

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The five most common clothing materials are linen,
cotton, polyester, and rayon.

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Evidence for the first clothes dates somewhere between
100,000 to 500,000 years ago.

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Men’s shirts button on the right and women’s on the
left

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Children dressed identically to adults until the
mid-1800s, when the concept of children’s clothing took off

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Dresses and skirts are commonly seen as women’s
clothing in the West, but in other parts of the world, men wear them as
frequently as women do

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More than 2 billion t-shirts are sold each year.

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A person’s social rank and profession in the Medieval
Ages was represented by the color of their clothing. The nobility wore
red, peasants wore brown and gray, and merchants, bankers, and gentry wore
green.

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In Rome,
purple clothing was exclusively reserved for emperors and magistrates.

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In Arab culture, shoes are considered dirty because
they touch the ground and cover the lowest part of the body, the foot. It
is considered offensive to show one’s shoe sole, and throwing your shoe at
someone is an extremely grave insult.

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Vintage clothing refers to clothing made between 20
and 100 years ago, and retro refers to recently made clothing that is designed
to resemble the style of another period

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The fashion industry generates average revenue of $20
billion each year.

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Until around the beginning of the 20th century,
Chinese culture regarded small feet as beautiful, and it was a common practice
to bind women’s feet from an early age to keep their feet small.
This practice was limited to the wealthy, however, the feet of
women who underwent this procedure were so deformed that they had difficulty
walking.

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The crocodile of the brand ‘Lacoste’ was the first
brand name to ever appear as a logo on any garment.

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During the 15th century, being pregnant was considered
as fashion. During this period, if girls weren’t pregnant, they would hide
pillows under their dress to fake a baby bump

Compiled by
Adedeji Eniyansoro