Making a Lower Class 18th Century Outfit
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18th century women didn't have access to linen as much as cheap unbleached muslin...that was the basis of their wardrobe year round... In Poland the poor had easier access to linen, but in England or France there were much cheaper fabrics and they were less rare....burlap was a common winter fabric along with cheap wools.
Victoria ,Regency Next time❤🙏
If I might offer a name for that puffy peasant shirt? The "poufont"
what is the music that you used in the vid plsss
Can you imagine Betty’s horror to see you doing this on purpose
I was thinking the exact same thing lol
It’s probably equivalent to my own horror.
@@christinareynolds8179 Yep, I really felt it.
I came here to say exactly that 😱
I am sure she’d appreciate Karolina educating people about her plight (including how little access she had to dignity even in her hygiene) rather than romanticizing the time period.
I loved the necklace as a real humanising touch: it’s easy to forget that someone like Betty would still have wanted to look her best, would still have trinkets she cherished, hopes and dreams, disappointments and fears. She would have taken care of the few items she owned and taken pride in her appearance when possible. Thanks for sharing this!
Agreed
I thought about that the entire video. Where did she get it? Was it a gift? Did she save up for it? Did someone make it for her? It would have been the cleanest and most taken care of item she wore. Maybe she wore it even in the worst of weather and grungiest parts of town because she couldn't trust to leave it at home, and the best way to protect it was to keep it on her person.
Imagine if Betty sees Karolina purposefully mess up the layers of clothes with soy sauce oil and tea 😭
Read for filth. Poor girl.
She would weep and curse!
Karolina: *marinades skirt in tea*
Betty: Just what do you imagine I was doing with it?
@@Carbon2861996I CAN'T WITH THE MARINADE 😭😭😭😭
Betty: "WTF is soy sauce!"...
Imagine in 200 years from now they’re gonna make videos showing off my baggy ass 2nd hand adidas sweater, cheap yoga pants and crocs and call it 21st century peasantwear 😭😭😭
lol no kidding. It's totally trippy.
Changes the way we think about dressing that way, doesn't it? The future might judge us...
@@julieheath6335 nah, i really don't care. i wear whatever is comfortable, especially at home
If society doesn’t collapse or something, I can’t imagine T-shirts becoming unpopular, just cause they’re so handy and easy to wear. Thrifted t-shirts are probably what the poorest in the western world wear most often (plus jackets in layers if they’re homeless). Maybe even jeans too, since they’ve already lasted so long, though the cut might change. They tend to be more expensive, though I imagine most poor people prioritize a thrifted pair, if they can get it, cause of the durability. (I notice most poor people wear sweatpants, I imagine cause of cheap cost and comfort, again in layers if it’s cold).
I can imagine longish skirts and dresses becoming popular for similar ease and comfort reasons, for both sexes.
Nice fashion will change a lot for sure. But basic fashion seems to be mostly dictated by practicality and modesty that’s acceptable for the time. Who knows? Maybe being almost naked will become acceptable day-to-day. We certainly wear much less than Betty.
@@CrazyPangolinLadyjust imagining tshirts becoming described as 21st century shifts
This is “GRWM for the revolution 💋👄”
... and left bystanders wondering which theater had Les Miserables playing...
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@@josephineisgay141 HEYY
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Which one? Which countries?
"So while the skirt is marinating" - sentences you never thought you'd hear
nobody commits to the bit like karolina carrying around an actual basket of raw shrimps
I trust Betty with my LIFE
Would you then eat the shrimp that were in the sun for hours?
Betty is rolling over in her unmarked potters field hole that has been built over by a McDonalds knowing you destroyed perfectly good clothes just to look as bad as she did 😂
Underrated comment 😂
I don't know about the idea that just because they were poor means they were not clean
Best comment so far 🤣
I am obsessed!! Working class dress is hugely underrepresented in historic costuming, and I think it's a tremendous shame. Working women in history are invisible enough as is, and we really need to bring their experiences back into focus.
imagine actually meeting Karolina in a historically accurate outfit on the streets 😳
I bumped into her last year (but in a modern aka her usual 40-ish style haha) in Warsaw. I said hello and I think I came across a bit silly as we were both walking in the opposite directions and in a hurry so I just blurted out "Hi, I'm a huge fan" sort of stuff haha
The fact that i walk these exact streets everyday... seeing her in this costume would be so magical!
Exactly what I thought of! She looked like a confused time traveler before my brain caught up realising it was her!
how i feel when i have to walk without music:
Finally! Some reality on a fashion channel. When you know how expensive it was to make fabric, and how hard it was to launder it, you KNOW people weren't going around being that cute. Not to mention all the horse-poop in the streets.
So...my casual everyday outfit...?
ok pretty princess.
I actually read once about members of movie costume design teams called ager-dyers whose specific job it is to realistically break down/damage garments
My friends here in Canada have this job, working in Wardrobe for film, tv, stage. They are soooo creative. Recently one crocheted wire armour for MacBeth opera.
@@noniesundstrom119 oh my god that’s SO COOLLLLLLLLL (I am now so inspired by the possibilities of crochet)
the final dress could legit be used in a live action version of cinderella
This is so amazing. Thank you for this!
It always feels a bit weird only seeing big fancy dresses when that was such a small portion of the population.
same here! especially since during a most of history (and even today in some places) the class divide was huge and what the rich/aristocracy wore and everyday folks was vastly different.
A big reason for it is that fancy clothing was better taken care of and rarely worn, so it was way more likely to survive until present day than the everyday stuff, so we tend to know more about upper class fashion because of it. Another factor is just that peasant culture wasn't really valued much until the romanticism movement of the 1800's. There's almost no surviving images of what peasants wore in my home country (Norway) before the 1800's, because they were rarely ever depicted in paintings or drawings, and their clothing would get torn up and used for rags once they got worn out enough. I've actually only found a single image of peasant fashion here from the 1600's, and nothing for any older eras, just a bunch of nobles and royals.
This was fun! A couple of reconstruction thoughts: I'm wondering if the skirt was either some weave that was a slightly different color on the back, or was thin or woodgy enough that it was flat-lined for body. Both of which could say, "this was a really nice skirt till it got worn out."
Also, remember that aprons are not just for keeping your outfit clean! It's very normal to tie or hold up the front corners to create a pouch. What could she have been holding there?
thats what i was wondering too!!! what kind of tools and handy things are in that pouch!!
Coins! The payment for the shrimp.
@@ether4211coins are valuable tho. Those go in the pocket under the skirt, accessible via the slits. The pouch is probs for a knife for cleaning shrimp (and self defense if someone tries to steal her coins), a cotton rag to wipe her hands, or a piece of bread for a snack during the long hours on the street.
For some reason I want to say more shrimp...
@@ettaz makes sense, I was thinking it's basically a purse or backpack..so a couple of low value coins for change (or to drop if someone tries to mug her), a knife, a rag to clean her hands/face and the usual bits and bobs that you need to grab or stash quickly! I know I used to do the same trick with a oversized t-shirt when collecting eggs.
This is SO GOOD. I feel I know Betty now!
Imagine if Karolina became a costume director. How awesome would period dramas be?
This felt so accurate, I got aggravated for a sec that people weren’t answering your knock at their doors. Lol.
I always think to myself that I’d love a linen-based wardrobe. And for comfort and practicality, I’d especially like my clothes based on the working classes. A housekeeper wardrobe would be perfect.
I'm always amazed at just how many layers of skirts women wore. Like, I get how some of them were for practicality as they served as pockets or to keep the lower layers clean, or in the winter they would even provide insulation from the cold, but in the summer... Damn, I'd much rather go for a Regency outfit.
Polyester makes us a lot hotter, and they didn't wear polyester in the 18th century, they had natural fabrics and those doesn't make us as hot.
@@x_.mizuki._x3231also climate change lol
Also, it was during the "little ice age," which was also the title of an excellent book about climate ("The Little Ice Age").
The number of layers of petticoats worn varied per season. So you wore less if it was hotter out. Though having experienced both, its actually way more comfortable to be wearing long loose fitting layers of a natural fibre fabric during hot weather than just a single layer of something with lots of skin exposed to the heat of the sun.
@@AlexaFaie That's useful to know! Would they sometimes wear a wool layer on the inside if they could afford it when going outside in the winter?
Hey Karolina! If you ever want to super distress some fabric, I highly recommend a rasp commonly used for wood and plaster shaping. I used one before on a cosplay for a friend of a Nazgul/Sith type situation on medium-weight linen and it worked beautifully!
Just dragging stuff down a sidewalk works too, eventually, but you'll get funny looks.
@fluffydragon84 I've tried both rasp and dragging stuff down the street but I live in a small village so people are used to me doing weird things so they just say hi and continue walking 😂
Having a friend that train racehorses (harness-racers) helps too. Sometimes she agrees to drag something behind the sulky, works wonders 😁
@@helenahsson1697 I wonder if dragging would work faster if you put a weight on top of the fabric?
Wouldn't it be amazing if you and the other members of the Catherine De Medici's Time Travel Society did a recreation of Barbie's The Princess and the Pauper? Micarah Tewers or Bernadette Banner could play Anneliese/Erica, Abby Cox could play The Queen, Mina Le and you could be the narrators etc.
Okay, but now I need this in my life.
Someone get rachel maksy!
Rachel Maksy could play PREMINGER
@@kittymowmow12 YASSS!!!! Genius casting!
I loved this! Could be a series of bringing paintings to life!
Did anyone else think of Rachel Maksy when Karolina was weathering? lol
Absolutely. It was the chaotic crafting that Rachel always brings.
Yep. Sure did.
You mean, when Karolina was weathering ... the fabric
Yup
I love Betty and her definitely deadly shrimps
I find lower class/working class clothing so interesting, I really enjoyed this video! There is a book called Making Working Women's Clothing that covers mid 15th to mid-2oth that you might like, it does something similar with paintings and photos
Yeeeeess i love the big nobility dresses but i want to see the practical everyday stuff too!!!
gonna have to cosplay that one day at a weeb convention
i can make felted shrimps to put in the basket
Won't have that "authentic" smell ! Lol !
such a cute idea!🦐
sounds delicious!
@@m.maclellan7147 Don't worry, weeb conventions already smell "authentic" enough😂
@@magiv4205 FOUL!! (but so true)
One can't help but be struck by the amount of care and effort that you put into not just making an amazing period outfit to near perfection, but also the great makeup, acting, camera and editing skills that showcase it all. Thank you, I particularly enjoyed this one!
My hobbyist instinct from looking at the double layered skirt is that it was perhaps a reversible petticoat/skirt for extra warmth in the winter and to last looking good longer in between washes. When the outer side gets dirty, she could just flip that side in against her petticoat and still look her best.
I absolutely adore when people pay attention to the not so well off. History is my everything (including my major) and they want you to focus on “important events” not me I’m all about the little guy.
I LOVE this. I think this is my favourite historical garment recreation I've ever seen, and I've seen A LOT. I need people to do more working class outfits👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Me too.
I find it beautiful that the lives of people who truly made history, lived history are not lost in the past and that artists did picture them. I believe studying history means also being interested in common people's lives
I hope my ghost lasts over a thousand years so I can watch fashion historians dress up like me too. "this is what a peasant would've worn" "there is no extant garments from this time period because they were design to disintegrate into microplastics within 3 months 😌"
I just love that you're wearing a snood. You never see those. Very fetching!
stop trying to make fetch happen !
@@skzanarchist I was just trying to use the terminology that matched the era of the snood. LOL
Krakow is such a pretty city and compliments the outfit reveals so well always🥺
So glad you’re highlighting the parts of historical fashion that aren’t as romanticized as wealthy surface level stereotypes
I love historical representations of everyday clothes. The gowns and fancy dresses are fun but there's something that makes me feel more connected to history making stuff the masses would have worn.
I love this! I have to make a new pair of stays since now that ive lost 75 lbs mine are WAY too big, so i cant wait to watch this while i cry and hand sew loads of boning channels 😂
Yay for you 😁!!!
Great outfit! You look like a pastoral painting.
Obudź się, Karolina właśnie zapostowała
wake up new polish vocab acquired for memes!!!!
Okay I love Betty & your recreation of her! I’d love to see any other “real” working class styles.
This was great! Love to see more appreciation for working class outfits in history, they may not be as pretty but I agree that they're interesting because of how practical they were! They tell a story of how people used to live day to day
It's like behind the scenes footage for a movie
Imagine a bunch of historical costumers each doing this for a character and making a short film
Same kind of video, but a poor woman from London's White Chapel in 1888. She's basically wearing her whole wardrobe and maybe has a few pockets underneath to carry her few possesions safely with her 😢
And since this is the year of Jack the Ripper, maybe this would be something for Halloween.
I LOVE this idea!!!
This demonstrates my favourite thing about costube, exploring historical clothing to learn more about how people actually lived
I love how Karolina speed-ran clothes from a life of working on the streets
Seeing you walk down the street transported me. Seeing the clothing more worn out made it feel like I was getting a glimpse of someone actually living in this time and not just a clean portrayal of what we want them to look like. Bravo!!!
I would love to see more of these from different eras, like 19th Century but also medieval and maybe even early 20th Century.
So, while the skirt is marinating... 😂
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All of her clothes were probably second-82nd hand clothes or scraps from them. And came with bonus stains included. There was probably a good deal of "if i stitch this bit of patch or scrap here i could wear it even longer....". If you lived closer, i could wear your apron cooking and it would be authentic in no time!
YES! Thank you for doing this! I'm so interested in historical poverty (like, as a research topic in uni) and I can never find videos like this that really do it justice in the youtube community. So awesome!
In the US, sex workers are usually portrayed as wearing either flashy corset and multiple layers of skirts, or loud and garish versions of regular dresses for their time period. I wonder what is historically accurate. (I'm an historian and this is fascinating!)
"So, while the skirt is marinating" IS SO UNHINGED IM SCREAMINGSBSJFJC
Olej kujawski, sewing tool of the year
"...and my kids just love it!" 🤣🤣🤣
I love the kind of questions you're asking, love to see this kind of experimentation. I would've expected some darning and patching of her clothes too.
Are you telling me...
A shrimp sewed this dress?
I loved this! I would love to see you do a lower class/peasant outfit for literally any other era, too!
That pinned up skirt looks to me like makeshift pockets. The more you are working away from home the more you need extra pockets!
This is literally my favorite era clothing and style, i guess because i too am a peasant. You have motivated me to start back on my sewing journey. I love your videos karolina!
This is the perfect « make something the wrong way » to get over your perfectionism anxiety. Like damaging that fabric on purpose both feels horrible and cathartic at the same time to watch 😭 it ended up looking dope too
Dirtiness aside Betty's outfit is so much cooler than anything even luxury designers come up with these days
Seeing how easy it is to make this outfit makes me that much more angrier at historical movies for not doing the bare minimum of getting peasants to be accurate 😤
Dang girl this is so cool. Thanks for your hard work to entertain and teach us.
"While the skirt marinates" was not a sentence I was expecting to hear today
This played to your strengths so well! One of my favorite videos of yours, so fun, so well executed, gorgeous cinematography, 10/10
The dedication to reproduce the painting though. The weathering really does change the feel of the clothes.
I honestly wanna see you recreate whatever inspires you, you’re more likely to be invested in it and that’s what I would prefer to see: your enthusiasm, skills, knowledge and research shine. This was an awesome video, and I’d def love to see more like it. Finding references is the hard part, and obvi the further back you go the harder it’ll be to get the details, but letting your imagination take over and putting yourself in the right context helps fill in the gaps, which you also know.
I’d love to see more historic vernacular fashion! Totally underrepresented
Finally Queen Karolina is back let’s go!
Wow . Amazing transformation. It’s so cool to see what people looked like back then . You bring fashion in pictures to life again. Thank you .
Your talent for this is amazing. You even tattered the clothes to make it very realistic
But did you sell all the shrimp for the day?
I love recognizing the rooms of your apartment as you've been so nicely sharing decor updates with us this past year.
Really enjoyed this video! It's great that you pay attention to those who would've lived in poverty and at the bottom of the social ladder. I was especially overjoyed to see you put on a pocket in the end, since it wasn't included in the animation at the beginning and it is often forgotten altogether.
This reminds me of a mix of movie costume departments and experimental archaeology.
I totally would've started with clean clothes then just tried to make it messy by doing activities and rolling around in dirt etc. :)
i so hope this becomes a series!
One woman, singlehandedly keeping JOANN fabric in business..
This wad definitely one of my favorite videos from you! Super interesting! I've been meaning to look into 18th century clothing worn by the regular people for a project, and not only was this inspiring to keep working on said project, it gave some cool ideas for sources! Since peasant clothing doesn't tend to survive :') Thanks so much for the cool video!!!
Thanks! I love it when you recreate historical clothing. It's seeing real history and understanding what a woman of that time, was like.
thank you! ❤️
My early modern English historian heart is so happy by this project! Amazing job
That outfit turned out so well. Truly a great job!
I really loved this. I enjoyed watching you get into Betty's headspace and make decisions based off of the practicality of her situation
I get that the clothes are damaged and worn for a long time...but they did clean their clothes even tho they were poor.
And I'm sure Karolina thought of this, but if you wear your clothes for decades some stains may not come out, no matter how hard you try, especially if you have hardly excess to clean running water.
@@__BvL__Yeah, and if it's supposed to be London, man would it be dirty. The Thames was a cesspool. And how would she get water? It would have to be dragged in a heavy wood and iron bucket. You'd have to boil the water to get the soap to work, but to boil it she'd have to buy some sticks of scrap wood or something, and that would mean less food. So I can't imagine she'd have washed her clothes that often. I'm not sure how it would work in that era, but she probably just rented a bed in a shared room and may have had very few possessions other than what she had on her back.
@@SchlichteToven Vast majority of people still washed their clothes once per week. Even in London, even in the poor houses/workhouses. Whilst she wouldn't have had plumbing, London had lots of water pumps installed for public use and things like washing clothes were semi-communal activities. One of the main things was having white linens because they can be boiled, and you can hang them out in the sun which helps bleach them back to white. In the countryside they used to just lay the stuff out by the banks of rivers (there are depictions of this practice dating back to the medieval era). Just the day a week that people did washing was like everyone did washing that day. And so you had people fetching the water, people watching the fires, people doing the soaking and the scrubbing and so on. Poor people used ashes to make their soap, meaning it was free from the fires. Lots of stuff was done communally (especially if poor) back then, so it was less a case of one person having to do everything all on their own. Plus kids were free labour since they weren't exactly at school and they had enough of them.
Outstanding! The 18th century is my favorite time period for clothing.
I love the storytelling you've done! Going out of your way to damage the fabric and allow it to influence your choices was honestly so cool.
YES!! Give us more peasant fits in this space! 💖🔥
Betty might have bound the lower edge of her apron to make it last longer.
I really love this! 🥰🥰🥰 Also great inspiration for the day I finally cosplay Snow White, in her rags dress 👀📝
Betty's all, "How DARE you! I keep my things nice!"
Wow 😍That IS HIGH level content!
I enjoyed watching it I guess as much as you did while making it! ✨
"...This involved a lot of weathering-"
*Rachel Maksy enters the chat*
That turned out amazing!!!!
7:04 "While the skirt is marinating" is something I never expected to hear outside of discussions about steak.
Karolina: i want to wear what peasants wore, mended, and dirty
Thef, who stole her wardrobe: i take that personaly
This is by far my favorite video that you have done! I found it very moving, and touching to see how resourceful someone like Betty had to be. How refreshing to see someone keeping it real. Yes, please more videos like this one.
Karolina re-creating one of the outfits she used to wear back in the day... 😊 nostalgia...
This has Rachel Masky vibes, I love it