![]() ![]() If you want to make your waist look smaller, you use a corset right? Wrong. Physical patches have been made from many materials, including black taffeta, silk, Spanish leather, velvet and even mouse skin. I’m not sure mouse skin ‘mouchete’ would be that popular today maybe I’ll just stick to drawing mine on with a Sharpie. She was a two-a-day kinda gal: A woman applying beauty patches, Boucherīeauty spots have long been used to highlight the delicacy of a ladies skin. Some ladies requested their ‘mouchete’ (literal translation…’small flies’) be made in the shape of hearts, crescent moons or even stars. Long before Madonna drew hers on with an eyeliner (disclaimer: I’m assuming eyeliner!), the Romans were either drawing or sticking fake beauty spots all over the show to hide scars from smallpox and acne.Įnjoying great popularity during the 17th and 18th centuries, beauty spots were not limited to ‘au naturelle’ shapes. Whatever the explanation the codpiece is certainly one of the most ridiculous looking pieces of historical clothing! Some believe that the extra room allowed men more freedom, and others maintain that the codpiece would have contained medication to relieve symptoms of venereal disease. ![]() Men would decorate longer and more padded versions, using the codpiece as a tool to emphasise their manhood. However, there are conflicting views with regards to the sexual connotations of the codpiece. The codpiece began life as a simple triangle of fabric that would be tied to the hose however, as time went on, the covering became more elaborate. Giovanni Battista Moroni: It would take some serious concentration during a conversation to look Giovanni in the eye! Yes girls, the codpiece (literal translation ‘scrotum piece’). Back in the 1500′s, men wore hose (not to be confused with tights) which covered both the legs, but not the penis…this brings a whole new meaning to “freezing your nuts off” eh! As doublets got shorter, men folk began exposing themselves (cheeky!) and had to turn to the codpiece to maintain their dignity. There was never an item of clothing more sexy and alluring than a pouch that accentuated the genital area of a man. From bell-bottoms to shell-suits, and our returning obsession for dungarees, Fashion Faux Pas will always come back to haunt us, eventually…read on! If only we could look that calm and collected.I think most people are guilty of a fashion blunder – as a child I loved nothing more than to parade around in my silver Puffa Jacket which made me look like a space-age Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. Oh no! The mother-of-three totally pulled it off though, giggling as she very swiftly removed it. Patrick's Day parade at the Aldershot Barracks way back in 2013, Duchess Kate got the heel of her boot stuck in a metal drain. We've rounded up all the times our favourite royals really do keep it real from tags left on dresses, holes in the soles of shoes, to shirts worn back to front, and muddy heels! And we have to say, the likes of the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cambridge style it out perfectly. Heaven forbid you'd see one's dress tucked into one's knickers! Sometimes though (not very often, mind) they show they are just like the rest of us, proving the odd fashion faux pas can happen. ![]() During their year-round public engagements, the royals very rarely have a hair out of place, nor do they sport smudged lipstick, untucked shirts or crumpled trousers. One of the reasons we adore the royal family so much is for their impeccable dress sense. ![]()
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