"The beauty Ideal of the time was to be flat and have no boobs whatsoever."
What? Why? This seems to contradict what men desire.

We need to bring back hats ❤️ and 1920 shoes

That’s shocking.

The dresses above the knee thing!! Thank you! In fact the early 20s styles to my eye at least, were still very Edwardian looking.. 😍

Watching this to redesign the clothes for my RPG character

One of the benefits of space operas over period pieces is all the costumes are inherently accurate to a time created by the designers. Plus all the potential for allegories & extrapolating styles out a few centuries seems super fun.

So, think of silent cinema makeup as stage makeup.

There are a couple vintage-inspired and reproduction sites that I really like for clothes that generally do a good job of capturing different eras accurately, but all of them always fail at the 1920s. Like 20 form fitting above-the-knee flapper dresses and TWO day dresses, one of which had long fringe :(

I can’t wait until people try to generalize 2020’s and 2010’s fashion by what people like Kim Kardashian and Charli d’Amelio wear

hahhaaaaaaa the intro is soooo funny

i thought the bit at the beginning was brilliant lol

Everyones talking about how unrealistic 1920s beauty standards were, and i mean they definitely were, but damn i literally have that body. Itsy bitsy boobs, but still sort of chubby, alongside plump, heart shaped, cupids bow lips and droppy doe shaped eyes. (I also look amazing in short hair) only difference is that i have a bigger butt. Idk i just find this era so validating it gives me the good feels 🥰

6:24 'mY cAt Is pRoBaBlY uRiNaTiNg'

Dzięki, dzięki i jeszcze raz dzięki! Właśnie robię projekt na historię z 20-lecia międzywojennego i jesteś zbawieniem w kwestii mody! Bardzo mi pomogłaś ^^

I now realized that I have committed a faux pas at a masquerade once with my kneecaps showing. The rest of the dress and look was okay-ish though, according to this

I don't understand how people can get 1920s wrong... there are films from that decade... like A Woman Of Paris...

The video is 19 min 20 seconds I see what you did there

make more pins, i want one !

So this is my comment.....NO! on your video about 20's......NO! fashion. Though a few years late.....NO! It was great and your cat is cute.....YES!

I'm gonna buy a 1920's corset because my parents wouldn't let me buy a binder

Please review the episodes of "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries". They're set in the 1920's.

My lovely apartment was built in 1920. I missed it.

High heel shoes are NOT comfortable!!!!!

I have died in the 20s.....I'm so connected to that era. I really enjoy the fashion at that time. Reincarnation is real! My spiritual animal was Josephine Baker.......

I didn't actually know that really high heels were a stereotype of the 1920s. I love the short little heels of the shoes from that time. I've never been very into shoes but I have a couple pairs that are 1920s ish and I love them so much

At 1:54 I got an ad saying “the moment you know something is truly luxury”

1920s women wore binders. got it

Você é brasileira? Porque a legenda tá em português e nos outros vídeos não???

At 16, my grandma bobbed her hair, and her dad gave her a good cussing. That was 1925, and he was not amused. Her clothes were dresses that DID look like a potato sack, and as the Depression came about, probably WERE made of those sacks at times. I thought she was beautiful, and she never wore makeup, because first, the expense, second, the impracticality, as she picked cotton to feed her children. A bob would have been practical in the hot sun, and she told me she wore an old bonnet to keep the sun off her face. Also, VERY practical. Thanks for the video, and for keeping it honest and real.

Where is your hair band from? Very nice 👌☺

Me who doesn't ever go to parties "yes, yes, must remember this just in case"

Those heels looks so comfy??

I once wore, to a wedding, an off white textured mid-calf cotton dress with a dropped waist at the hips and a dark blue straw hat with a shoulder width brim. Quite 1920s, I think.

Really interesting clip. I like the point you make that hemlines were never above the knee and even mid-calf lengths were shocking................because of what went before. Seems so obvious now.

Super looking forward to binging all your videos!

The look of "wavy long hair" was another "hollywood movies" perpetration. Mary Pickford often played characters with the long wavy hair. It was seen as "romantic".

mas os anos 1920 que vc retrata voce fala das mulheres de uma vida burguesa e estavel. o estilo com brilho,penas e plumas vem dos cabares de antigamente

Yes so true! You have to se fashion in comparisson with the past not the future.
Also I love how you mentioned that fashion came gratually, not in snap. Not everyone was up to date in a day.

the time of this video though... well thought out.

You keep torturing that cat , i can't guarantee you 'll have a face for much longer. You don't want to have to deal wit ha cat when it snaps.
Take my word for it. Been there ,suffered through it, still hurts when the weather changes 30+ years later.

Thank you so much for the video. I'm trying to write a tale and some of characters are from the 20's so you really helped me ^^

I'm curious how inaccurate the depiction of 2010s fashion will be in like a 100 years

The 1920s looked better on drawings than in real life. A silhouette almost impossible to achieve, the androgynous ideal.
But we have an exception to the rule, La Robe de Style de Lanvin, some sort of 18th centuriesque revival.

Paul Poiret not Perret.

Hi Karolina, I always enjoy your presentations. I believe you will enjoy my presentation of the 1890s at www.TheresaVaughn.com Let's chat sometime t

interesting to see these silhouettes coming back into style... its great for my androgynous body/look!! I've always appreciated the 1920s drop waists and bagginess 😍

This is great!!

😂😂

1:23 This emotion she gives right here, really takes the Cake 😂

Are these pins still available?

i'm so late for this video, but is peaky blinders fashion accurate?

Potato bag is an accurate comparison.

she reminds me a bit of a kitty. "NOOOOOOO" 🤣🤣🤣

wish she had more pictures of the fashions than of herself.

wish she had more pictures of the fashions than of herself.

NOOoooo...it's the 1980's that's the most stereotyped, lol...

A 1920’s party/wedding Reception has to be interrupted by Elliot Ness’ agents or the police to make it memorable.

1:23 she looks absolutely dying inside. had me CACKLING

Karolina, would you say Downton Abbey did a good job of representing 1920s fashion?

i LOVE THE ACTING AT THE BEGINNING. You can actually feel the pain in your expressions and I love the really forced pretening when making up excuses. I loved that. And the character asking for help actually sounded quite real and not exaggerated.

What about the pearls and feathers? You didn't discuss those...

I would love to see a video on what you think of Peaky Blinders and the fashion portrayed in it! It's one of my favourite shows!

I liked the intro, what's other people's problem? Criticism is one thing but being an asshole is something else.

As a man not the least interested in fashion and clothes, I found this absolutely fascinating! Well researched, Karolina!

2:44 almost broke the character..
ITS CONFIRMED KAROLINA IS A TIME TRAVELLER

I always questioned how people went from long dresses to short tight things-
Still a question but it makes a bit more sense when you look at the actual history

Karolina yes your my tipe i would fancy you in a black plastic bin bag. ♡

A women of all sesions months years. Space age love. Flock of seagulls. 80s. I love♡ U

8:37 what movie is that?

Let me treat you to dinner and drinks, Karolina.

i would love to see your take on 1960s/1970s fashion

I've got a few 1920 things from my grandmother, who went out dancing the Black Bottom skipping shorthand classes. They include quite a few gloves; she had to get them from Paris as her hands were so small. Mostly, they are shorter and were in loads of different colours.

I have to push back on this a little. Although it's true dark makeup wasn't an everyday look for most people it was considered fashionable especially for artsy crowds. Also gloves were a staple for the wealthy for evening events, as well as pearls. Fringes and feathers were also definitely in. It's true that a lot of this was more seen in hollywood or magazines and obviously daily outfits were a lot more subdued however these things were popular at the time. I also agree that the modern costume with the feather band, gloves and fringe is a bit contrived but there is definitely some truth to these elements.

What exquisite creature are you :-D

Your skits are the best!

Have you ever discussed Fortuny designs?

I love, love, love your humor!!!! Keep it up!

She keeps talking like she was there, which is clearly evidence she actually studied the stuff propperly and has a vivid idea of each era.


the vampire joke was taken, so I subverted it and instead drew attention to the hard work she's done, which deserves apprechiation.

Wow, never thought my body type would have ever been fashionable.

Looove the video!

*“if youve ever seen a knee then you’re a damn perv!”* - the 1920’s

Those low curved heels were called Cuban heels... and I still love them! The wonderful "Granny shoes" ( with great arch support ) were oxfords with cuban heels.

I suspect that, like all eras, people wore a variety of styles. Many would no doubt have continued to wear the clothes they had always worn whilst others adopted new styles readily.
I looked after women who still wore old fashioned undies similar to those worn in the 1910's - in the 1980's!!
Also, our 21st century penchant for throw away clothing did not exist. Clothes were expensive and mostly hand made or home made - so people kept them for years. Even when I was a teenager in the 70's it was cheaper to make clothes than to buy them and we had fewer clothes.

1920's fashion is beautiful i love it

Peaky blinder

So I’m going to a 1920s party and I was referencing to some 1920’s pictures and what everyone wore would make me look about 2 feet tall, the only stuff that wouldn’t would basically be cabaret/burlesque wear but I don’t wanna show up to a 20s party looking like a stripper. Please help.

Thank you so much for your videos! They are very educational for a lay person.

Not a good fashion era. Stuff was just ugly. Now the 1930s and 40s were very cool. I used to collect vintage and had several 1930s evening dressing and a few Pre 1920 dresses all of which I loved. I donated them during a move. Just had too much stuff but still regret it.

potato bags??? the art nouveau/liberty/jugendstiele is the best and original creation, giving an immediate sense of luxury with that mix of fabric design and decoration, involving such an extent to jewels for hair and the head never seen anymore .. women like queens.

dance shoes (what are called "character shoes") I think have the correct heel.

Girl im writting a story with vampires and demons and stuff, and i just decided ill create a character totally based on you, her background is that she is a vampire and now she works with historical fashion, and our characters ask her advice cause she knows a lot of important locations for the story, i hope i can finish it, and someday you find it in the library, i would be honored if u could see yourself in that character

I so wish I'd asked either or both of my grandmothers so many more questions about when they were young when I had the chance to ask. Had they lived, they'd both be well over 100. The one did live to 96, the other died at 65 (a year younger than I am right now). I know both of them had fathers who were barbers, which is interesting, because they were "country" people here in Ohio. They came from conservative types yet were not religious. I think for both my grandmothers, it was about getting out and away from their folks to find jobs in the city. They married young, had kids early, the hubbies got good factory jobs after the war, worked hard, and they were basically set for life. What I do know is that I'm very thankful I had a good childhood and plenty of attention as the oldest grandchild on both sides and good memories. What's sad is that there is nobody left in the family now to ask.

I would really like to know what your thoughts are on the Downton Abbey costumes, I really love them and would like to know hoe accurate they are.

At 1920s-themed parties, it's alway flappers and gangsters lol. I think one of the reasons for all the misinformation about 1920s fashion is Hollywood. Film fan magazines and the "cult of Hollywood" often pushed the flapper look, sometimes even going so far as to show above the knee. Though that was pretty rare. But plenty of actresses who got a lot of coverage in magazines didn't wear "flapper clothes." Even looking through trendy fashion magazines, most women's clothing was still pretty conservative and more elegant than sexy. I hope more people watch this video and the myth finally goes away. Flapper fashion or not, it's still pretty cool and should be appreciated.

in this video you remeber me Isabelle Adjani when she was younger

I appreciate this video. She brings up great points. Some such as movies and photography that we may see and not fully understand, such as the impact of the film quality, or people getting hand-me-down clothing. There is so much information about a topic that we may interpret incorrectly if we are just looking at a small piece.

Great points! I believe he last black and white photo shown was a group of men cross dressing.

Id say the queen mother showed the decade well

dear miss zebrowska - i do like your videos; they are informative, fun, educational... but, please, allow me one slight suggestion, from a linguistic point of view. your english is very nearly excellent, you obviously have a good "ear" and seem to have picked up the american mode of expression quite well. you also seem to have picked up a language parasite - i am, like, referring, like, to the, like, excessive, like, use of the, like, word "like". this is called a filler and it is quite an unnecessary part of speech, usually, like "er" or "umm", serving the purpose of buying time, or filling the empty space. unfortunately, though rarely perceived by speakers, it can be very annoying and even alienating to listeners. it can also make the speaker appear to be less educated or less intelligent than he/she would desire to appear. i hope i have not offended, that was never my intention, i merely offered a bit of professional advice i thought you could benefit from. best of luck!

I love the dress Donna Noble, from Dr. Who, wore in the Wasp and the Unicorn. I believe that was a 1920s dress.