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Category: Fashion & design

By The Generalist Posted on November 27, 2020November 26, 2020

Hyperbolic crochet

In 1997, professor of mathematics and crochet enthusiast Daina Taimiņa found a way to join those two passions in order to craft durable sections of hyperbolic surfaces.

Categories: Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, Mathematics & statistics, Sciences
By The Generalist Posted on November 23, 2020April 17, 2021

Gut parka

Up near the Arctic Circle, the best waterproof parkas are made out of guts.

Categories: Animals, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, North & Central America, Places, Sciences, The poles
By The Generalist Posted on November 14, 2020November 13, 2020

Igbo-Ukwu bronzes

In the 9th century CE, a town in what is now Nigeria produced the most masterful bronze artefacts in the world.

Categories: Africa, Art, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, History, Medieval history, Places, Sciences, Technology
Siren suit
By The Generalist Posted on November 1, 2020November 18, 2021

Winston Churchill, fashion icon

Winston Churchill invented an adult romper suit and then wore it everywhere during World War II.

Categories: 20th century history, Arts & recreation, Europe, Fashion & design, History, Military, Places, Politics & law
Ma'kech
By The Generalist Posted on October 25, 2020January 25, 2023

Living brooch

Tourists in Mexico can buy brooches made of bejewelled ironclad beetles. Still living bejewelled ironclad beetles.

Categories: Animals, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, North & Central America, Places, Sciences
Funerary granary
By The Generalist Posted on October 6, 2020April 28, 2021

Ancient dioramas

We all know that Egyptian tombs contained models of servants, boats, and animals to accompany the deceased in the afterlife. But they sometimes also contained model gardens, granaries, bakeries, breweries, stables, and slaughterhouses.

Categories: Ancient history, Architecture, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, History, Middle East, Places, Religion & belief
Alexandra of Denmark
By The Generalist Posted on September 3, 2020January 25, 2023

Fashionable limp

Queen Alexandra had a scar and a limp – and British fashion followed suit.

Categories: 20th century history, Arts & recreation, Europe, Fashion & design, Health & medicine, History, Places, Sciences
Pelican
By The Generalist Posted on August 11, 2020April 17, 2021

The pelican in her piety

Jesus Christ is associated with many images: the Lamb of God, the Good Shepherd… and the Pelican?

Categories: Animals, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, Literature, Religion & belief, Sciences
Feedsack dress
By The Generalist Posted on August 6, 2020January 25, 2023

Feed sack dresses

When US farmers bought seeds or flour during the Great Depression, the most important question was this: what patterns were printed on the sack?

Categories: 20th century history, Arts & recreation, Economics & business, Fashion & design, History, North & Central America, Places
Venus of Lespugue
By The Generalist Posted on August 2, 2020January 25, 2023

First clothes

When did we start wearing clothes? We don’t know for sure, but the genetics of lice, prehistoric needles, and ivory carvings give us some clues.

Categories: Animals, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, History, Prehistory, Sciences, Technology
Venus of Lespugue
By The Generalist Posted on August 2, 2020January 29, 2023

First clothes

When did we start wearing clothes? We don’t know for sure, but the genetics of lice, prehistoric needles, and ivory carvings give us some clues.

Categories: Animals, Arts & recreation, Fashion & design, History, Prehistory, Sciences, Technology
Kim Jong-il
By The Generalist Posted on July 12, 2020April 28, 2021

Government hair

Between 2004 and 2005 the North Korean television show Common Sense ran a propaganda series titled Let’s Trim our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle.

Categories: Arts & recreation, East Asia, Fashion & design, Film & television, Places, Politics & law
Moneygami
By The Generalist Posted on May 30, 2020May 23, 2020

Money origami

Looking for a new hobby? Try folding banknotes into origami.

Categories: Arts & recreation, Economics & business, Fashion & design
Kilts
By The Generalist Posted on April 27, 2020April 25, 2020

Kilt ban

The kilt was banned in 1746, forcing the Scots to wear “the unmanly dress of the Lowlander.”

Categories: Arts & recreation, Early modern history, Europe, Fashion & design, History, Military, Places, Politics & law
Oakeshott typology
By The Generalist Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

Sword taxonomy

The 1960 Oakeshott typology is a military historian’s attempt to classify the full range of European medieval swords.

Categories: Arts & recreation, Europe, Fashion & design, History, Medieval history, Military, Places
Marie Casimire
By The Generalist Posted on March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

Fake beauty spot

Need to hide your smallpox or syphilis scars? Try fake beauty marks made of velvet, silk, or mouse fur.

Categories: Arts & recreation, Early modern history, Fashion & design, History

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