STYLE ZONE WITH ISTYLE: ALL YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FASHION


Fashion has been influencing lives of people all around the world in some way or the other.We all love fashion, but are we aware about some interesting and surprising facts about fashion that prevailed in the history?
1. The T-shirt is one of the most popular items of clothing in the world, and around two billion of them are sold every single year.

2. The record for the world’s longest wedding dress is held by a dress which has a 1.85 mile long train.

3. In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week!

4.Levi’s jeans are one of the most popular brands of jeans. Although you might pay a hefty price for a pair now, the first pair sold for $6 worth of gold dust back in 1853.

4. Michael Kors’ first project was his own mother’s wedding dress. He was a mere 5 years old at the time.

5.The famous Lacoste crocodile symbol was created in 1933, and was the first designer logo ever.

6. There is a rumor that the company Louis Vuitton burns any old stock to keep a tight hold on its exclusivity.

7. Queen Victoria was the first person to wear a white wedding dress. Prior to this, white had been used as a color of mourning.

8. However, the Chinese people still use white as a color for mourning. In the West, it now symbolizes purity.

8. Those who like collecting ties are known as grabatologists.

9. During the Renaissance period, it was fashionable to shave off the eyebrows.

10. The tuxedo gets its name from the town named Tuxedo, situated in Orange County. This was the place where a tuxedo was first worn.

11. Kate Middleton is often pictured wearing fashionable clothing, and she has spent more than $54,000 on her wardrobe since 2012.

12. In the original Cinderella story, the glass slippers did not exist. Instead, her shoes were made out of fur, but the story was changed in the 1600’s and included the new and now-famous glass slippers.

13. The long, fluffy wigs which are commonly seen worn by judges today derived from the days of King Louis XIII. The French monarch suffered quite badly with bald patches, and wore a massive wig to appear macho and powerful.

14. The Big Four Fashion Weeks are Milan, London, Paris and New York.

As you can see, fashion has been a huge part of people’s lives since ancient times. Which of these fashion facts grabbed your attention?


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