stackyFACTSWhile viewed today as an incredibly formal piece of clothing, the kimono essentially started as a generic, baseline robe for everyday folk. The name itself literally just translates to 'thing to wear', which is aggressively uncreative.
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Forget the idea that corsetry was strictly female. Dandy gentlemen of the 18th and 19th centuries strapped themselves into heavily reinforced undergarments…
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In the 1950s, South Korea decided they had too many competing martial arts styles and forced them all into one highly regulated system. Taekwondo was born out…
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If you wanted your giant wig to smell passably clean, the government needed its cut. In 1795, an act was passed requiring anyone using hair powder to pay a…
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What started as a simple ribbon to tie back hair escalated into a wire-supported lace monstrosity that mercilessly scraped the ceilings of every carriage.
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Built to reach groundwater, Chand Baori looks like an optical illusion designed to induce vertigo. The massive structure plunges 13 stories into the earth…
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Aristocrats strapped heavily starched, platter-sized collars to their necks that required specially elongated spoons just to successfully get soup into their…
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