Throughout the history of human beauty, there have been fashion trends that have changed the world, but there have also been trends that have made fashion fans miserable because of the harm they bring.
Everyone has a different opinion on aesthetics, so most of us want to create our own fashion style. That is the reason that each passing decade leaves a distinctive fashion mark. For example, the liberal and sloppy Grunge style of the 90s, the durable hair style of the 80s…
Speaking in “modern” language, young people often have the phrase “fashion beats the weather”. That’s not wrong with the “dead” trends below, when fashionistas are willing to suffer pain or perform beauty secrets that can make them burn to death just to be “beautiful”.
For pale skin, ladies don’t mind spending money on powder boxes or whitening tubes filled with toxic white lead.
If today, many people are willing to pay “tons of money” to have brown skin, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, pale green skin is the measure of a perfect beauty and wealth. Because it is said that only people who have to work hard outside can tan their skin.
For pale skin, ladies don’t mind spending money on whitening powders or tubes filled with toxic white lead and applied so thickly that it even covers the scars of smallpox. Unfortunately, this cosmetic does more harm than good. When used long enough, they cause facial destruction, paralysis and baldness. The deaths of Queen Elizabeth I and Duchess Maria of Coventry are considered as one of the few examples of the harmful effects of this deadly powder.
It is impossible to calculate how many people have contracted cancer because of this bizarre beauty trend.
Ever since the Brazilian chestnut was first scientifically described by the French botanist Aimé Bonpland in 1808 and when the potentially radioactive metal element Radium was discovered, people have sought to use the plant. this object because they are very rich in radium.
Although it was a toxic substance, from about 1910 to the 1930s, many companies launched radioactive cosmetics to sell to women: from make-up cream to soap to soap. bath mud. It is impossible to calculate how many people have contracted cancer because of this bizarre beauty trend, but then, this deadly cosmetics market has been pushed back when people became aware of the harmful effects of radiation.
The Chopines shoes also became increasingly taller by half a meter.
Chopine shoes were said to be necessary for walking on muddy and horse-pooped streets in the 16th and 17th centuries. To avoid staining their expensive dresses as they walked through the bogs, the girls Venetian prostitutes, in Northern Italy used this type of wooden shoe.
Chopines were worn by aristocratic women for a different reason. The higher the woman, the more fabric she has to use to make clothes and the more she proves her wealth. The Chopines also became increasingly taller by half a meter, making it difficult for the ladies to walk on “stilts” without danger.
That is the reason for the end of this trend, although today, high heels still play an important role for women and no exception for men.
If “addiction to white teeth” to the point of “dazzling” is the fashion of Americans, leaving black teeth is the fashion of courtiers and many people under Queen Elizabeth I of the land of fog – one of the the first to discover the dangers of the road.
Although the effect of sugar made her teeth become damaged and black, but then, it became a trend when courtiers imitated and did all sorts of things to have “black teeth” like her. The black tooth craze ends when gradually people realize the harmful effects of teeth damaged by blackening on health.
Today, modern science and technology allows people to beautify their teeth in many ways, even replacing new teeth, planting gold and silver teeth.
2000 years ago, Mayan dentists were able to bring patients bright smiles, but not in the “bright” way like the Americans, but sparkling with precious stones. They drill small holes and insert gems inside. However, the craze for dental crowns with gemstones had to stop after a while, when experts realized that if not handled carefully, the drills can go deep into the pulp and cause serious infections for the teeth.
Called Belladonna (beautiful woman), the plant with this lovely name is a deadly plant. Just a few drops of eye drops made from the Belladonna plant, the pupils will be dilated – something that is said to make women more attractive and beautiful as the name Belladonna.
However, people had to stop this dangerous fad after that because the Belladonna extract caused deadly side effects such as distorted vision, inability to concentrate, heart rhythm disturbances and even blindness. blind. Perhaps this plant “beautiful woman” has no charm with cosmetics but should only be used in ophthalmology to assist doctors in examining eyes only.
Coloring clothes is difficult, so when there is a new color, everyone is looking forward and quickly to have new clothes with new colors.
In the past, it was difficult to color clothes, so every time a new color is released, everyone is looking forward and quickly to have new clothes with new colors.
In 1775, when chemist Carl Scheele invented a strange green pigment, people began to flock to find ways to dye paper, stamps, paint, children’s toys, clothes, even confectionery without realizing that one of the substances that make up arsenic is arsenic. Fortunately, people later discovered the harmful effects of this substance, although it made the boys at that time so scared that they did not dare to dance with any girl wearing a blue dress.
The Incas “tied” the baby’s head with a hard object to distort the skull to the desired shape.
No one is born with a complete skull. That’s why mothers often have to protect their baby’s soft, relatively round skull from strong impacts or hard objects. However, during the Inca era, it was believed that elongating the skull was a sign of social progress and class of the elite. The Incas “tied” the baby’s head with a hard object to distort the skull to the desired shape. Inca skulls have been found with skulls contorted and much longer than normal human skulls.
The fashion trend of women was only awakened and ended when a fire broke out in a church in Chile.
Popular in the 1850s, puffy skirts were inflated by “huge” frames made of wood, steel, and fabric. Imagine young girls wearing puffy skirts and wearing a heavy frame, swaying to fall in strong winds and easily catching fire when entangled in the fireplace.
The fashion trend of women was only awakened and ended when a fire broke out in a church in Chile, but few people survived because the huge frames of puffy skirts sealed all the doors when everyone want to escape. About 2,500 people died in that fire.
This horrible custom has been adopted by millions of Chinese women.
If asked “How to have stylish legs?” You will probably immediately think about trimming or painting your toenails. The trend of “beautifying feet” appeared in the Song Dynasty and was popular under the Qing Dynasty not only at the nails but also in the shape of the foot skeleton.
This horrible custom has been applied by millions of Chinese women with the desire to have beautiful lotus heels with a foot length of no more than 4 inches. Although it is considered the standard of beauty and virtue of a woman, this fashion has caused a lot of pain for women when doing everything possible to make their legs smaller by tightening, even tightening. whole toe, causing infection and bleeding so profusely that it can be fatal.
At the end of the 19th century, European women preferred to wear thin dresses made of muslin (a plain, thin, light woven cotton fabric). Every time they go out, they wet their skirts with water, let them stick to their bodies, and accentuate their body curves. This fashion trend has caused thousands of women to die from severe pneumonia due to wearing wet skirts outside in the cold.
Wearing a corset can cause the internal organs to be displaced from their original position. (Photo: Forbes).
The corset appeared in the 16th century, gradually becoming popular in Europe in the 19th century. Not only women but many men also look to this shirt to have a toned body. However, this is considered one of the dangerous beauty trends, because the shirt tightens the abdomen, making it difficult to breathe, which can lead to fainting. Visceral organs can be damaged, due to being forced out of the original position, the risk of internal bleeding is high. In addition, broken ribs, digestive problems, constipation, frequent depression, agitation are also some of the nearly one hundred other medical conditions that people wearing corsets can face.