When the famous Koh-i-noor diamond was given to Queen Victoria in 1850, she had it cut down until only about three-quarters of an ounce was left. This is because she felt it didn’t show enough color.
Category: Fashion and Clothing
Marie Antoinette’s Pregnancy
When Marie Antoinette became pregnant, many of the fashionable women of Paris started wearing padding over their stomachs. As the pregnancy developed, the ladies wore thicker and thicker pads. When her child was born, the women’s fashions all returned to normal dimensions.
Fashion in Greenland
For a while in Greenland it was fashionable for women to paint their faces blue and yellow.
Greenland is a fascinating place, especially if you like cold temperatures. The average daytime high in the summer is 45 degrees Fahrenheit or 7 degrees Celsius. Three-quarters of Greenland, the largest island in the world, is permanently covered by a thick sheet of ice. Although it is definitely not a green paradise, 55,000 people call it home.
Top Hat
When London inventor James Hetherington first wore his new invention, the top hat, in 1797, it caused quite a stir. He was immediately thrown in jail because he “appeared on the public highway wearing upon his head a tall structure of shining luster and calculated to disturb timid people.”
