Once I read that some less than popular judges hide under the wig a sort of metal helmet(!) to avoid being struck by some angry defendants, don't know if this was a metropolitan legend, but given the times and how harsh was english law.......🤔
@@alessiodecarolis - Interesting. But if the blow is too strong he would still feel it, though the wig would prevent an injury. The metal used for the helmet should be very thick...and quite heavy - not too comfortable to wear. Anyway...even if the blow is too strong, and the helmet heavy, it's always better than a wound. ☺
Not only judges - also lawyers in english courts carry these ridiculous remnants of the 1700s on their heads... funny how centuries-old fashion accessories find their funny little spaces to hide in.
The lack of research is obvious. Also, UA-cam is pretty serious about stealing other people's work, especially books. You might think slapping the word history on the label makes everything okay, but it doesn't. You can have your lame jokes to struggle with relevancy, however, that doesn't make copyright infringement disappear. And for you guys to use the hard work of others out of context? Even worse. Try reading some actual research. You know, the kind that starts with an abstract, original sources in context, or subject matter experts.
@@lordcumiring if I'm not mistaken, there was head lice and other insects that lived in the wigs. You had a better chance maintaining or cutting your hair instead of a wig.
@@brandonf.8360 they were used to hide the scabs on their head . The bugs were in ur hair and the wigs it was easier and less painful to boil the wig than the pic the bugs .
This entire video is garbage and anyone watching should PLEASE reference Abby Cox’s response video. Not only did Weird History utilize photos and information from Abby’s books and videos without permission or citation - but Weird History removes so much context and twists this information. This is why you can’t just watch a video from the internet and believe it to be true. Abby has spent YEARS conducting her research and writing her book on this subject. Shame on Weird History! 👏🏼
So, Weird History, why no comment about stealing pictures and erroneous information? What are you afraid of? Perhaps you should be reported for the pictures...
I wonder how long it will take Abby Cox to file copyright infringement on these guys for using her images in their horrifyingly inaccurate and outright false "facts" video? If you're going to make crappy "history" videos with false statements and taking historical diary entries out of context, the least you could do is not use images created by somebody who put their heart and soul into their creations? Then again, it would be on brand for the creators of Weird History to outright STEAL Abby Cox's photos as if to taunt her with it for a video where they get none of the history right.
Lol sorry to break it to you bud but the large majority if not ALL youtubers use content like images and vids that aren’t theirs on their videos, even your own specified source/channel you’re telling people to visit, she has other content that doesn’t “belong” to her all over her channel lmao. it’s called creative content, and it’s used transformatively and wasn’t used to sell a product, soooo you should try to learn things about what you’re even saying LMAO 😂 you kids are literally full of cringe with how you guys turn into amateur lawyers lmao
@@Dominicn123 The thing is they stole photos from the book she wrote without her permission, and they are spreading misinformation that is completely false and garbage under the pretense that they are facts. If someone points out how someone is stealing people's work and on top of that not even spreading proper information, then at that point it's not cringe.
I can't imagine the putrid sweet smell that emanated from those wigs with the festering sores underneath them and the scented powder that they applied! 🤢🤮
@@t4squared bathing was normal….. and the reason they had clothes as the shift to wash daily. Your just getting your historic information from this seriously off video that did not do their research.
This video is riddled with lies, stolen photos, sources taken out of context and just general bad history. Please can you consult ACTUAL HISTORIANS for once!?
@Real Aiglon If you're going to present something as a fact, then it had better be an actual fact and not made up garbage from people who didn't bother to read the source material. Especially for a channel that claims to present historical information. You're obsession with defending a company that doesn't care about you is interesting though.
If you weren't alive or ever witnessed it don't say anything,just cos you watched or read a different version dont mean it's lies, someone wrote it but it doesn't make it true
@@heathersealey592 Lol ah nothing better than people that just shout that something is wrong without even being able to back up their accusations. show them what’s wrong instead of accusing
Almost everything in this video is factually incorrect, and multiple images used are stolen directly from the work of far more qualified historians. 0/10 would not recommend this channel if you are looking for actual facts
When will you people actually research what you're talking about? Also it doesn't make a good case if you contradict yourself through the video. If anyone wants some good research on this topic go watch Abby Cox's reaction to this. You might even find that Wierd History stole her images and took them out of context.
“If you read the book you stole the images from you’d know that wasn’t the case” -Abby Cox From the book “The Guide to 18th Century Beauty”. WRITTEN by Abby Cox. Abby Cox, the person Weird History stole photos from, then did not credit. The book which Weird History took the photos from but failed to read anything in the book other than “18th century” Do better Weird History. Do better.
@@MrsD1980 For fashion and hygiene and ease, the usual reasons, (since the Egyptians) it is more convenient to put on a wig and be ready in a few minutes, than to spend hours combing, curling and structuring a hairstyle every morning and then spend the rest of the day with headaches from the pullings.
I feel sorry for anybody who watches any of the videos on weird history and believes they're getting actual history. These people systematically click bait you with cuts and reposts from previous vlogs that were incorrect in the first place. They don't do research, they simply regurgitate already disproven historical myths left and right. Occasionally they might get something right, but it's not because they're trying to. Horrible, irresponsible channel.
😂 hahaha same. At that age, I used to think that when they said people "tested make up on animals" that animals had make up put on them by professional make up artists and judging on how well they looked the products were then approved for human use 🤦♂️😂😂😂 the things we imagine as kids, honestly 😂
If you had bothered to read the book you stole images from by Abby Cox at certain points, maybe you would have gotten this video factually correct. A lot of this info is straight up wrong and you included a shot from Abby’s book where she’s styling someone’s REAL HAIR when talking about washing wigs?? There’s some rather inept script writers on this channel apparently.
Most of the information (and images) from this video are from caricatures and exaggerations from the Era. The wig trend started in the reign of Louis XIII when the king started losing his hair, but it was made fashionable by the reign of Louis XIV, because the hair care of the wigs and the styling was so expensive that only nobility could wore them, so it was a mark of your social rank. Women didn't wore wigs because just like red heals, they were a men thing, so they wore simple styles most of this time. The tall hair trend it's a 1760's/1770's thing, when hairstyles became more and more complicated. The most famous example of this is the Pouf hairstyle that women of the court of Versailles wore from 1774 up to 1782 or 1783, a really short period of time, and it was nothing like the caricatures shown here, mostly it was a tall hairstyle along with hair pieces, hats or caps. Hair care also was different, but that doesn't mean they were dirty, they put pomade and powder to wash their hair dry, so the hair was clean but also moldable for the styling. For more information, search for better sources, as simply as searching Abby Cox channel.
I like Abby Cox taking this video apart. Especially since the creators of this video used her book and images from it in the video and then proceeded to get pretty much everything wrong. So anyone watching this do yourself a favor and go watch that one.
For those hoping to learn something over there, it’s not a very informative video. It’s just a lot of her getting offended and freaking out. Look elsewhere if you’re actually looking to learn something about history. Can’t trust much any source these days.
@@nessamillikan6247 Abby sources her references throughout the entire video. She often pulls out of various beauty articles from the period located in archives. She’s very satirical within the video and that’s a part of her humor. There’s a lot wrong with this video(the one above) that utilizes sensationalization to keep viewers engaged. Abby has done lectures at universities on dress and fashion history. She has videos analyzing construction methods of beauty products and extant dresses from the 1800’s in her own collection. If you can get past the jokes within her video it’s very good and informative. She also utilizes a wide variety of sources from different areas other then beauty journals such as personal diaries and government documents.
@@nessamillikan6247 - I know, I just wanna hear an accurate and unbiased account of this history... she says "Christopher Columbus left Europe because he's a piece of shit" so you know where her mind is
@@nessamillikan6247 she literally wrote a whole ass book and has researched the topic for well near a decade, what are you on about? She's got every right to be upset by this, first of all, and second, she does cite sources and give factual evidence on how this video is incorrect and adds additional context.
@weirdhistory needs to STOP STEALING other people's images 7:03-7:11 these images belong to a book written by Abby Cox ... The ladies pictured are not wearing wigs at all even.
All of this is wrong. This is possibly the worst video I've seen from Weird History. Go watch Abby Cox's video "Historian Reacts to Weird History's History of Powdered Wigs (I like to suffer...)" for real information.
Don't take anything about this video as actual history. Most of it is plain wrong, or self-contradictory, and the rest is plagiarized from actual 18th century fashion historians: ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
Only the judges wear wigs, both men and women. The reason is tradition, but also to intimidate everyone in the court room. They take them off when they have to deal with children so as not to intimidate them. The intimidation is to get the accused to confess, whether to crimes he/she actually committed or not is irrelevant.
@@lookoutforchris Real criminals of course aren't intimidated by a silly wig, but innocent people and the falsely accused can find it very imtimidating to be confronted with someone that is clearly a very high up official. That's what they are hoping for - to get the falsely accused to confess to something they haven't done. That way, the courts don't have to deal with real criminals.
I think, in a sense, wigs have come back in style with the amount of fake hair that people are wearing these days-wigs, weaves, extensions…..it never really left :)
They use them in the High Courts to reflect their high authority over the peasants they pass judgement upon. It's a symbol of their social status over the serfs or plebs. They also still use them for the same purpose in the House of Lords.
You showed the wrong William Pitt. By 1795 William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister. The image shown was a portrait of William Pitt the Elder, who was Prime Minister just after the 'Seven Years War'/'French and Indian War', circa 1766. Which technically speaking, was the actual 'First World War'.
In France we have this expression « sucrer les fraises » (putting sugar on strawberries, which is also the name of these huge collar they whore (strawberries)) when you use it, it means that the person is not far from being senile… aka his head shaking would make dandruff falling on the fraise/ strawberry / collar. So he puts sugar on the strawberries. I am not sure it is true but I like it, so it true for me
Posting a video full of lies and images stolen from another youtuber who actually knows what's she's talking about, well… 🤮 Congrats, once again you stand out (for the wrong reasons, though)
Cannot believe how wildly inaccurate this is. If you want information based in real historical research head over to Abby Cox 's channel and watch her tutorial on pomaded and powdered hair in the 18th century. This channel is not history but sensationalism.
I shudder to think of it what kind of educational system brought forth a person, someone whose experience with education would be so abysmal, that they consider infotainment material worthy of being part of a curriculum.
@@dominic.h.3363 Don't shudder too much. I actually think there's a valid point to be made, i. e. humor goes a long way in getting children's attention. Consider humor as one way to introduce more difficult topics of learning.
@@dominic.h.3363 Such is the mindset of Generation Z!! 🤷🏻♂️ If they can’t be taught educational things in the same way they watched Phineas and Ferb & SpongeBob SquarePants, it can’t hold their attention, and therefore just isn’t worth learning lol. This channel knows their demographic well.
Lice wasn't the reason for wearing wigs. Wigs were just made of human hair, sometimes from the wig wearer. You could cut your hair off and have it made into a wig. Washington was just following a style that applied to both natural hair still attached and natural hair made into wigs.
@@melissamybubbles6139 Yes, there were many reasons listed besides lice. Disease, fashion, flaunting wealth & status, hairloss, etc. The powder wigs were coated in helped resist parasites & head odor as well. It did wonders for Washington.
Fun Fact: We work a total of 14 times harder than people did in the 14th century. Peasants back in the day had all the free time in the world by comparison.
@@KyleOber You have a point. You don’t have a nice Berkey filter… And I got the fluoride filters as well. Now of course they need to be replaced and there are no replacements available now for months. What I still haven’t done is get a fluoride and chlorine filter for my shower. Now I don’t know… I’m not that smart… But they say that your skin… The largest organ in your body absorbs all of that crap when you take a shower. Not to mention the fact that this sounds a little out there that the hot water with the chlorine makes a form of chloroform… So when you take a hot shower you’re breathing in more poison. That’s the crazy thing we are so advanced in our knowledge and understanding of things. What are actions do not reflect that wisdom. Sometimes yes sometimes no. And why… Largely because of greed and selfishness… And sometimes because of incompetence. Stay free, my friend!
Please note the illegal use of images in this video, copy right infringement steals money from independent content creators. Cease this practice, take down this video. #AbbyCoxdeservesrespect
... in the African-American Community I don't think wigs ever went away they just changed color. With the continuing rise of social media synthetic hair in neon colors is widely used in the African-American community and arguably gain Traction in other ethnic groups. If anything I would consider this rise of bright colors to be a sort of return to wigs
Yeah, this is bulls*ht. It's disturbing how this video claims it's historical but in fact it's not, it's far from it. Put a disclaimer there?? Also, why did you guys steal images of another artist without their consent or at least crediting them? Is it laziness or are you just petty?
Stanley Tucci is so badassly confident in his glorious baldness that were he to travel back in time to 16th Century Europe, baldness as a status symbol would swiftly sweep the land, right before everyone dies of the covid 19 Stanley was unwittingly carrying.
Even as late as 1962, in her book, I HATE TO HOUSEKEEP, Peg Bracken advised women to have a wig that looked like their own hair at its best for what we would call "bad hair days".
Suddenly I'm very glad to live in one of the few periods in history when it's socially acceptable for a man to shave his head. It's easy, clean, neat and cheap. The only drawback is that I must wear a hat on sunny days or face serious sunburn!
*at the moment my forehead is preoccupied with migrating to the back of my neck but this is nicely counterbalanced by my mentat quality eyebrows and bushy shoulder length sideburns and ever so witty means by which i choose to converse with others*
It depends on civilization, in ME/ Central Asia generally men shaved their heads and let only a sort of "tail", before Manchou's conquest for chinese men shaving their head was seen as an offence to body's sacrality, then the Manchous imposed the "pigtail" to every man in China, in early 17th century. And in S.East Asia it depends from the ethnicity, on the contrary in Africa most tribes or shave their heads or have very short hair, such as the Zulus.
@@scottmantooth8785 If you grow out those eyebrows and sideburns enough, you can comb them all up toward the top of your head and band them into a topknot ponytail. Maybe even embellish your "do" with one of those multi-color curly-ribbon bows from the gift wrap aisle.
@@merriemisfit8406 *as my forehead continues its deliberate advance of slowly migrating to the back of my neck i think the sideburns and eyebrows have negotiated something of a mutual understanding of non interference and are committed to remain passive observers...gaudy embellishments by the sideburns or eyebrows might be construed as being in violation of their follicle interlude /quantitative alopecia discrepancy harmonic subsidiary thingy... yeah it's complicated*
Wigs have been popular since Egyptian times and they are hugely popular now. They save you time and money. Let's face it hairdressing salons are time consuming and very expensive. Synthetic hair is by fair the best, I have 4 myself and bad hair days are gone for good lol
Agreed! Although I myself have never worn a wig outside my bathroom (I just can't do wigs or weaves, I do hats instead😊), I appreciate their time saving capabilities!
I disagree. I have natural hair past my hips and it's far cheaper than a good wig, which is in the hundreds. I dye it myself and use decent products to keep it looking healthy, literally takes less than 2 minutes to tie it up in a ponytail and run a straightener/styling balm through it which is what I usually do.
I've lost my hope for this channel. I've never liked your side jokes, because they are mostly weak and make you look like you're making "people in the past were all stupid" joke, instead of giving us the facts (well documented facts, if you please), and let us decide for ourselves. But now that you've used other people's pictures out of context, without their consent, and without even mentioning the creator, I'VE LOST ALL HOPE.
my phone broke and when they sent me a new one my subs were erased and 85 I'd never heard of were in place. Yours was one. I erased most but kept yours and am enjoying. Future topics I'd like to see : Smoking, guitars or other musical instruments, cannabis use, unusual characters and animals. You seem to do perty well on your own. Looking to perusing your catalog. Good job. Thanks 👍
I remember that SpongeBob episode where he wears a wig, uses it as a mop - and overall is filthy. He thinks he’s fashionable. I don’t think wigs should make a comeback. I don’t want people’s head lice and bedbugs
This video is a “Social Disaster”. Did they even do research? Please change the name of this channel to “We Poorly Research Or Just Make Stuff Up About History”. Also I hope it gets hit with copyright infringement from Abby Cox. She’s the person that anyone interested in wig/hair history SHOULD be listening to. I wonder if Catherine DeMedici shows up in this one too… 🙄
How on earth is it possible that modern day, intelligent people cannot realize that wearing blonde wigs in a court of law is ridiculous to the point of absurdity ?
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buff
BE SURE TO READ MY ANSWER TO TINA W BELOW! Modern-wise good wigs are made as close to natural hair as possible. I'm speaking here only of fine, thin, Caucasian hair -- what I got on my head. For a fill-in piece, a good wigmaker can keep the top of the wig low and close to your scalp and the sides delicately thin. A lot of us wimmin who lose our hair because of age/alopecia welcome these. Some of us can't just go with a close-cut style because it just isn't becoming. Unlike the dense wigs of the sixties, these are cool, weightless and wonderfully comfortable. You don't have all the hair and scalp damage caused by daily styling. And all you have to do is chop off your own hair when it starts to hang out below your wig. Man, that saves a lot of time!
Actually, East Indian hair is the most saught after. Plus short hair is not "unbecoming." Some women look great with short cropped hair. Your ethnocentrism is showing girl.
I want to thank those commenters that pointed out that this channel is a waste of time because it ‘uses’ others work and research and then mangles it. I no longer view this site.
Who researched this crap? Who stole images? Why is it full of utter lies? You guys need to learn how to research properly for a start, Samuel Peyps had a wig made from his OWN hair, it's in his blimmen diary ffs.
I just bit into a sandwich when this video started 🤣 Thank heavens I live in today's age because however Hollywood tries to make these era's exciting, it was nasty with dirt. Great video.
It’s only a matter of time before weird history makes a video about the The trend for women to shave and shape their hair down there… Which eventually led to men…scaping their southturf.
It amazes me that mankind has lasted this long.
We haven’t. It’s all a simulation.
If God hadn't flooded the earth back then mankind would have been gone long ago.
@@julienielsen3746 bruh...
@@jacobsaccount9353 Meaning?
@@julienielsen3746 bruh...
You didn't mention that wigs for British judges have never gone out of style.
As an American I find that hilarious😂😂
I just created some low hanging fruit with my comment🤣
Dee Westhill - I was about to say exactly the same. Speaking of traditions...😊
Once I read that some less than popular judges hide under the wig a sort of metal helmet(!) to avoid being struck by some angry defendants, don't know if this was a metropolitan legend, but given the times and how harsh was english law.......🤔
@@alessiodecarolis - Interesting. But if the blow is too strong he would still feel it, though the wig would prevent an injury. The metal used for the helmet should be very thick...and quite heavy - not too comfortable to wear. Anyway...even if the blow is too strong, and the helmet heavy, it's always better than a wound. ☺
Not only judges - also lawyers in english courts carry these ridiculous remnants of the 1700s on their heads... funny how centuries-old fashion accessories find their funny little spaces to hide in.
When I see male wigs on sale for $1 I don't hesitate.
After all, it’s a small price toupee. 🤷♀️
Toupee mon ami, toupee!! LOL
@@Graciesmom-gp5ng 😂😂
Toupee more would be ridiculous!!
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🤪🤣😅🤣😂😂😂😇☺️
The lack of research is obvious. Also, UA-cam is pretty serious about stealing other people's work, especially books. You might think slapping the word history on the label makes everything okay, but it doesn't. You can have your lame jokes to struggle with relevancy, however, that doesn't make copyright infringement disappear. And for you guys to use the hard work of others out of context? Even worse. Try reading some actual research. You know, the kind that starts with an abstract, original sources in context, or subject matter experts.
It's crazy that the wigs were worse than their actual hair.
They were try to have hair like black nobility of biracial people if you didn’t know
ua-cam.com/video/mUIj-E_ksPU/v-deo.html
But they mostly wore to hide syphilis right? Well the video stated so
@@lordcumiring that’s what I thought to hide the sores
@@lordcumiring if I'm not mistaken, there was head lice and other insects that lived in the wigs. You had a better chance maintaining or cutting your hair instead of a wig.
@@brandonf.8360 they were used to hide the scabs on their head . The bugs were in ur hair and the wigs it was easier and less painful to boil the wig than the pic the bugs .
This entire video is garbage and anyone watching should PLEASE reference Abby Cox’s response video. Not only did Weird History utilize photos and information from Abby’s books and videos without permission or citation - but Weird History removes so much context and twists this information. This is why you can’t just watch a video from the internet and believe it to be true. Abby has spent YEARS conducting her research and writing her book on this subject. Shame on Weird History! 👏🏼
YAAAAASSSS!
Abby debunking the "facts" in this video was priceless.
Wow! Thanks. I will definitely check it out.
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AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN READ THE BOOK WHERE THEY TOOK THE PICTURES
I'm dead
So, Weird History, why no comment about stealing pictures and erroneous information? What are you afraid of?
Perhaps you should be reported for the pictures...
With their giant beehive wigs, the B-52's would have been top-tier royalty back then.
Love Shack! Bang Bang on the door baby, bang bang.
You're what?
Tin roof
Rusted!
(that's my favorite part 😅).
wigs never really went away, they just became more sleek and natural looking.
They were used way before Europe. Ancient Egyptians shaved their heads (both genders) and wore wigs. All info taken from this channel.
Hello 🤗
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Yeah, just less common with the male gender these days
or used in cosplays
I wonder how long it will take Abby Cox to file copyright infringement on these guys for using her images in their horrifyingly inaccurate and outright false "facts" video? If you're going to make crappy "history" videos with false statements and taking historical diary entries out of context, the least you could do is not use images created by somebody who put their heart and soul into their creations? Then again, it would be on brand for the creators of Weird History to outright STEAL Abby Cox's photos as if to taunt her with it for a video where they get none of the history right.
Thank you all for the heads up. I was not aware of this.
ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
Lol sorry to break it to you bud but the large majority if not ALL youtubers use content like images and vids that aren’t theirs on their videos, even your own specified source/channel you’re telling people to visit, she has other content that doesn’t “belong” to her all over her channel lmao. it’s called creative content, and it’s used transformatively and wasn’t used to sell a product, soooo you should try to learn things about what you’re even saying LMAO 😂 you kids are literally full of cringe with how you guys turn into amateur lawyers lmao
@@Dominicn123 The thing is they stole photos from the book she wrote without her permission, and they are spreading misinformation that is completely false and garbage under the pretense that they are facts. If someone points out how someone is stealing people's work and on top of that not even spreading proper information, then at that point it's not cringe.
I remember seeing judges wearing long hair wigs. Why was that?
I can't imagine the putrid sweet smell that emanated from those wigs with the festering sores underneath them and the scented powder that they applied! 🤢🤮
Not that many had those diseases.
@@jmitterii2 yes they did, plus bathing was a luxury back then. Lice and bedbugs were also more common
That's disgusting! yuck
They were used to the smell back then too hell even 100 years ago would still stink
@@t4squared bathing was normal….. and the reason they had clothes as the shift to wash daily. Your just getting your historic information from this seriously off video that did not do their research.
This video is riddled with lies, stolen photos, sources taken out of context and just general bad history. Please can you consult ACTUAL HISTORIANS for once!?
@Real Aiglon its a video from a money-making company. ;)
@Real Aiglon If you're going to present something as a fact, then it had better be an actual fact and not made up garbage from people who didn't bother to read the source material. Especially for a channel that claims to present historical information.
You're obsession with defending a company that doesn't care about you is interesting though.
I feel the same
If you weren't alive or ever witnessed it don't say anything,just cos you watched or read a different version dont mean it's lies, someone wrote it but it doesn't make it true
@@heathersealey592 Lol ah nothing better than people that just shout that something is wrong without even being able to back up their accusations. show them what’s wrong instead of accusing
Almost everything in this video is factually incorrect, and multiple images used are stolen directly from the work of far more qualified historians. 0/10 would not recommend this channel if you are looking for actual facts
When will you people actually research what you're talking about? Also it doesn't make a good case if you contradict yourself through the video. If anyone wants some good research on this topic go watch Abby Cox's reaction to this. You might even find that Wierd History stole her images and took them out of context.
Are you sure those images weren't public domain to begin with?
Cite your sources. Credit the images to the owners.
Agreed. Also credit the music used.
Fun fact: Syphilis was treated by injecting mercury into a guy's family jewels, which didn't work very well methinks.
That'll teach you.🤣
One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury.
What scorned woman came up with that?
When it fell off no more transmission of VD
“If you read the book you stole the images from you’d know that wasn’t the case” -Abby Cox
From the book “The Guide to 18th Century Beauty”. WRITTEN by Abby Cox.
Abby Cox, the person Weird History stole photos from, then did not credit. The book which Weird History took the photos from but failed to read anything in the book other than “18th century”
Do better Weird History. Do better.
@Real Aiglon anyone who thinks this video is legit.
@Real Aiglon people who don't want misinformation to be spread
Am at least glad for this comment so I can look that up. Sounds awesome!! What does she say is the reason people wore wigs??
@@MrsD1980 For fashion and hygiene and ease, the usual reasons, (since the Egyptians)
it is more convenient to put on a wig and be ready in a few minutes, than to spend hours combing, curling and structuring a hairstyle every morning and then spend the rest of the day with headaches from the pullings.
I feel sorry for anybody who watches any of the videos on weird history and believes they're getting actual history.
These people systematically click bait you with cuts and reposts from previous vlogs that were incorrect in the first place.
They don't do research, they simply regurgitate already disproven historical myths left and right. Occasionally they might get something right, but it's not because they're trying to.
Horrible, irresponsible channel.
Stories and myths are fun sometimes. Lighten up
@@southsiren them being presented as actual facts is harmful
@@justine4581 you sound weird. Harmful? You just want something to complain about lol
I was 10 before I realized that a powdered wig wasn't an instant wig that you had to add water to.
😂 hahaha same. At that age, I used to think that when they said people "tested make up on animals" that animals had make up put on them by professional make up artists and judging on how well they looked the products were then approved for human use 🤦♂️😂😂😂 the things we imagine as kids, honestly 😂
That was around the time I learned that peeing in a girl isn't how they get pregnant 😆
Like a cha cha chia
@@beemelonhead1 lol my brother had the same understanding. Thats hilarious I thought he was the only one
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If you had bothered to read the book you stole images from by Abby Cox at certain points, maybe you would have gotten this video factually correct. A lot of this info is straight up wrong and you included a shot from Abby’s book where she’s styling someone’s REAL HAIR when talking about washing wigs?? There’s some rather inept script writers on this channel apparently.
Most of the information (and images) from this video are from caricatures and exaggerations from the Era. The wig trend started in the reign of Louis XIII when the king started losing his hair, but it was made fashionable by the reign of Louis XIV, because the hair care of the wigs and the styling was so expensive that only nobility could wore them, so it was a mark of your social rank. Women didn't wore wigs because just like red heals, they were a men thing, so they wore simple styles most of this time. The tall hair trend it's a 1760's/1770's thing, when hairstyles became more and more complicated. The most famous example of this is the Pouf hairstyle that women of the court of Versailles wore from 1774 up to 1782 or 1783, a really short period of time, and it was nothing like the caricatures shown here, mostly it was a tall hairstyle along with hair pieces, hats or caps.
Hair care also was different, but that doesn't mean they were dirty, they put pomade and powder to wash their hair dry, so the hair was clean but also moldable for the styling.
For more information, search for better sources, as simply as searching Abby Cox channel.
Yes, thank you. Is depressing to see all these people falling for this crap.
Here’s the link to her video. ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
I like Abby Cox taking this video apart. Especially since the creators of this video used her book and images from it in the video and then proceeded to get pretty much everything wrong.
So anyone watching this do yourself a favor and go watch that one.
Here’s a link to her video for anyone looking for it. ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
For those hoping to learn something over there, it’s not a very informative video. It’s just a lot of her getting offended and freaking out. Look elsewhere if you’re actually looking to learn something about history. Can’t trust much any source these days.
@@nessamillikan6247 Abby sources her references throughout the entire video. She often pulls out of various beauty articles from the period located in archives. She’s very satirical within the video and that’s a part of her humor. There’s a lot wrong with this video(the one above) that utilizes sensationalization to keep viewers engaged. Abby has done lectures at universities on dress and fashion history. She has videos analyzing construction methods of beauty products and extant dresses from the 1800’s in her own collection. If you can get past the jokes within her video it’s very good and informative. She also utilizes a wide variety of sources from different areas other then beauty journals such as personal diaries and government documents.
@@nessamillikan6247 - I know, I just wanna hear an accurate and unbiased account of this history... she says "Christopher Columbus left Europe because he's a piece of shit" so you know where her mind is
@@nessamillikan6247 she literally wrote a whole ass book and has researched the topic for well near a decade, what are you on about? She's got every right to be upset by this, first of all, and second, she does cite sources and give factual evidence on how this video is incorrect and adds additional context.
So much misinformation
@weirdhistory needs to STOP STEALING other people's images 7:03-7:11 these images belong to a book written by Abby Cox ... The ladies pictured are not wearing wigs at all even.
Just came here from Abby Cox's reaction to say stop stealing her images.
All of this is wrong. This is possibly the worst video I've seen from Weird History. Go watch Abby Cox's video "Historian Reacts to Weird History's History of Powdered Wigs (I like to suffer...)" for real information.
We need to get the Catherine de Medici time travel society on this
YES!
Abby is on it: ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
I love how the show Versailles totally omits the balding/wigs thing re: Louis XIV. Actually, they confabulated a LOT on that show...
So true. I lost interest fast except for the scenery. They jumped around so much. Having studied the ancient Regime a lot, it was disappointing
Don't take anything about this video as actual history. Most of it is plain wrong, or self-contradictory, and the rest is plagiarized from actual 18th century fashion historians:
ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
we love a "historical" channel with 0 sources or citations, stolen images, self contradictions and everything taken out of context
Do you have the book? Are you sure the pictures aren't on the public domain? Have you looked for yourself or are you going by what someone else said?
I wonder why courtroom officials in England still wear wigs today, but not in America.
And thank goodness they don’t wear wigs
Only the judges wear wigs, both men and women. The reason is tradition, but also to intimidate everyone in the court room. They take them off when they have to deal with children so as not to intimidate them. The intimidation is to get the accused to confess, whether to crimes he/she actually committed or not is irrelevant.
No-one ever told them to stop.
@@LittleKitty22 imagine being scared of a wig.
@@lookoutforchris Real criminals of course aren't intimidated by a silly wig, but innocent people and the falsely accused can find it very imtimidating to be confronted with someone that is clearly a very high up official. That's what they are hoping for - to get the falsely accused to confess to something they haven't done. That way, the courts don't have to deal with real criminals.
I think, in a sense, wigs have come back in style with the amount of fake hair that people are wearing these days-wigs, weaves, extensions…..it never really left :)
Also bald dudes have always worn them
I know in some ways it’s easier because you can just throw on a wig when it has been already styled and colored vs ruining your hair with hair dyes.
They use them in the High Courts to reflect their high authority over the peasants they pass judgement upon. It's a symbol of their social status over the serfs or plebs. They also still use them for the same purpose in the House of Lords.
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WOAH. That's by far the worst syphilis damage I've seen. Omg that had to be awful.. could you imagine ? Wow that's disturbing.
I really wasn't expecting that
@@JustJulyo Same.
Desgustang
The original source says the man couldn't show his face for embarrassment, not syphilis damage.
@@melissamybubbles6139 your comment made me come back to this page and see the damage at 2 minutes again.. gahhhhhhh thats horrible
Not me sitting here waiting for @abbycox and gang to show up like 👀👀👀👀👀
The SpongeBob episode about powder wigs was surprisingly accurate.
Lol I remember that episode too yup
Unlike this video then which is full of crap
I did
You showed the wrong William Pitt. By 1795 William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister. The image shown was a portrait of William Pitt the Elder, who was Prime Minister just after the 'Seven Years War'/'French and Indian War', circa 1766. Which technically speaking, was the actual 'First World War'.
I mean, that’s kinda the least of the inaccuracies. The entire video is one big inaccuracy.
In France we have this expression « sucrer les fraises » (putting sugar on strawberries, which is also the name of these huge collar they whore (strawberries)) when you use it, it means that the person is not far from being senile… aka his head shaking would make dandruff falling on the fraise/ strawberry / collar. So he puts sugar on the strawberries. I am not sure it is true but I like it, so it true for me
What? Lol
It went over my head
@@zumeybear6883 Hahhaha, yeah, not sure I made any sense
Don’t adopt “true for me” as a way of thinking. “It may be true” is good enough. “The Truth shall set you free”. Don’t settle for less.
What's senile?
@@elijahhernandez906 it means old and not to quite responsible of the movement of its body, like shaking its heads
Guys please be more respectful with your videos. Spreading misinformation like this is not okay.
DRESS HISTORIANS UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew syphilis caused insanity but all that other stuff. DAAAAAAMMMMNNN 😵
They legit stole images from actual historians like Abby Cox without credit and still managed to get everything wrong. Wtf.
Posting a video full of lies and images stolen from another youtuber who actually knows what's she's talking about, well… 🤮 Congrats, once again you stand out (for the wrong reasons, though)
@Abby Cox ooh funny seeing fotos from your book here wich are NOT WIGS! XD love you and your book have both ♡♡♡
Cannot believe how wildly inaccurate this is. If you want information based in real historical research head over to Abby Cox 's channel and watch her tutorial on pomaded and powdered hair in the 18th century. This channel is not history but sensationalism.
Thank you!
You must be fun at parties
@@aaronbieberdorf4604 Par...tee? What is that?
@@wangofree Are you the guy in the back of the classroom that raises his hand and says: “AcTuAlLy, TeAcHeR!”
@@aaronbieberdorf4604 Yes, yes I was. And btw my name is Violet; Mike is my husband and the account is under his name. I'm too lazy to make my own.
These videos should be showed at schools all over. Makes it fun for students of all ages
Fun makes learning so much easier ; you remember the laugh, therefore you remember the facts XD
I shudder to think of it what kind of educational system brought forth a person, someone whose experience with education would be so abysmal, that they consider infotainment material worthy of being part of a curriculum.
@@dominic.h.3363 Don't shudder too much. I actually think there's a valid point to be made, i. e. humor goes a long way in getting children's attention. Consider humor as one way to introduce more difficult topics of learning.
@@dominic.h.3363 Such is the mindset of Generation Z!! 🤷🏻♂️
If they can’t be taught educational things in the same way they watched Phineas and Ferb & SpongeBob SquarePants, it can’t hold their attention, and therefore just isn’t worth learning lol.
This channel knows their demographic well.
@@Vikanuck It irks me how right you are...
Yeah you guys were SO inacurate in this video I had to unsub.
I never guessed Washington’s hair was natural. That’s impressive. Now I wish the reason for all these wigs was only lice.
Lice wasn't the reason for wearing wigs. Wigs were just made of human hair, sometimes from the wig wearer. You could cut your hair off and have it made into a wig. Washington was just following a style that applied to both natural hair still attached and natural hair made into wigs.
@@melissamybubbles6139 Yes, there were many reasons listed besides lice. Disease, fashion, flaunting wealth & status, hairloss, etc. The powder wigs were coated in helped resist parasites & head odor as well. It did wonders for Washington.
Fun Fact: We work a total of 14 times harder than people did in the 14th century.
Peasants back in the day had all the free time in the world by comparison.
It sounds nice but back then they had no cure for all those fucked up illnesses and had slavery so I'll count myself lucky
And bedbugs… And a bath once a month… In the river.
@@JohnnyArtPavlou Better in the river than in a fluoridated hell scape.
@@KyleOber You have a point. You don’t have a nice Berkey filter… And I got the fluoride filters as well. Now of course they need to be replaced and there are no replacements available now for months. What I still haven’t done is get a fluoride and chlorine filter for my shower. Now I don’t know… I’m not that smart… But they say that your skin… The largest organ in your body absorbs all of that crap when you take a shower. Not to mention the fact that this sounds a little out there that the hot water with the chlorine makes a form of chloroform… So when you take a hot shower you’re breathing in more poison.
That’s the crazy thing we are so advanced in our knowledge and understanding of things. What are actions do not reflect that wisdom. Sometimes yes sometimes no. And why… Largely because of greed and selfishness… And sometimes because of incompetence. Stay free, my friend!
@@JohnnyArtPavlou people bathed daily and with soap my guy.
Please note the illegal use of images in this video, copy right infringement steals money from independent content creators. Cease this practice, take down this video. #AbbyCoxdeservesrespect
... in the African-American Community I don't think wigs ever went away they just changed color. With the continuing rise of social media synthetic hair in neon colors is widely used in the African-American community and arguably gain Traction in other ethnic groups. If anything I would consider this rise of bright colors to be a sort of return to wigs
Yeah, this is bulls*ht. It's disturbing how this video claims it's historical but in fact it's not, it's far from it. Put a disclaimer there?? Also, why did you guys steal images of another artist without their consent or at least crediting them? Is it laziness or are you just petty?
So Washington hair was actually red not white wow
Yeah, up until about middle school, I thought he was born with white hair, lol.
@@annbell6453 actually I thought with all the stress his hair turned white💀, from maybe brown to white🤣🤣
Wig
Stanley Tucci is so badassly confident in his glorious baldness that were he to travel back in time to 16th Century Europe, baldness as a status symbol would swiftly sweep the land, right before everyone dies of the covid 19 Stanley was unwittingly carrying.
Stanley was the first to have BDE
Why did I choose to watch this video during breakfast…
Or after, either. I just made that mistake.
Yeah, I was having a drink of my morning coffee when the guy with craters in his scalp popped up...
I did the same thing just now
I remember when Afro wigs were a thing in the 1970's. My Mom had one.
Natural and artificial Afros are coming back and I think they look great!
Even as late as 1962, in her book, I HATE TO HOUSEKEEP, Peg Bracken advised women to have a wig that looked like their own hair at its best for what we would call "bad hair days".
They look dope as shit. that’s why.
Weird History, you deserve a copyright strike for this swill, and that's the least of it. Stop spreading lies and trivializing the past.
Suddenly I'm very glad to live in one of the few periods in history when it's socially acceptable for a man to shave his head. It's easy, clean, neat and cheap. The only drawback is that I must wear a hat on sunny days or face serious sunburn!
But they still had syphilis regardless if they shaved their heads or not.
*at the moment my forehead is preoccupied with migrating to the back of my neck but this is nicely counterbalanced by my mentat quality eyebrows and bushy shoulder length sideburns and ever so witty means by which i choose to converse with others*
It depends on civilization, in ME/ Central Asia generally men shaved their heads and let only a sort of "tail", before Manchou's conquest for chinese men shaving their head was seen as an offence to body's sacrality, then the Manchous imposed the "pigtail" to every man in China, in early 17th century. And in S.East Asia it depends from the ethnicity, on the contrary in Africa most tribes or shave their heads or have very short hair, such as the Zulus.
@@scottmantooth8785 If you grow out those eyebrows and sideburns enough, you can comb them all up toward the top of your head and band them into a topknot ponytail. Maybe even embellish your "do" with one of those multi-color curly-ribbon bows from the gift wrap aisle.
@@merriemisfit8406 *as my forehead continues its deliberate advance of slowly migrating to the back of my neck i think the sideburns and eyebrows have negotiated something of a mutual understanding of non interference and are committed to remain passive observers...gaudy embellishments by the sideburns or eyebrows might be construed as being in violation of their follicle interlude /quantitative alopecia discrepancy harmonic subsidiary thingy... yeah it's complicated*
I am so glad that today we have baseball caps to hide baldness and save on hygiene time.
Wigs have been popular since Egyptian times and they are hugely popular now. They save you time and money. Let's face it hairdressing salons are time consuming and very expensive. Synthetic hair is by fair the best, I have 4 myself and bad hair days are gone for good lol
I do my hair in 1min but of course im a man
Synthetic hair is not good! It sheads a lot and you really can't put heat on it. Even if you take care of it properly, it still becomes a hot mess.
Agreed! Although I myself have never worn a wig outside my bathroom (I just can't do wigs or weaves, I do hats instead😊), I appreciate their time saving capabilities!
I disagree. I have natural hair past my hips and it's far cheaper than a good wig, which is in the hundreds. I dye it myself and use decent products to keep it looking healthy, literally takes less than 2 minutes to tie it up in a ponytail and run a straightener/styling balm through it which is what I usually do.
@@bp7707 you responded to me, which was the wrong comment. The wig lady is above me haha
I've lost my hope for this channel.
I've never liked your side jokes, because they are mostly weak and make you look like you're making "people in the past were all stupid" joke, instead of giving us the facts (well documented facts, if you please), and let us decide for ourselves.
But now that you've used other people's pictures out of context, without their consent, and without even mentioning the creator,
I'VE LOST ALL HOPE.
Natural beauty is always beautiful! It’s more about how you hold yourself, being confident and not caring what hater’s think one bit!😊
Historically inaccurate and used other people’s images without citing them. Won’t be watching this channel anymore. Shame on you weird history.
I can't believe we didn't learn about this during school. Sometimes we're better off with channels like this to teach the next generation
You didn't learn this in school because it's not true. See Abbey Cox's video.
Would love a video on the history of shaving. Men's faces, and women shaving all they do today. Like, when? Why?
I thought Christopher Columbus brought the Syphilis to Europe from his travels lol? 🤣
Wigs have definitely come back for women. I bought my first one recently and found out some women have entire collections of them.
Yes love wig wearing is an entire culture 🥰
I have a fake beard and mustache
Black women wear wigs.
We do 😁
@@cantbanme792 😂😂😂😂
In short. Because it was a grubby fashion created by grubby aristocrats during a pretty grubby time...
Yep. You said it right, my friend!
Nailed it. Bam.
This was both gross & fascinating!
I always thought lice was the most practical reason for wearing wigs.
Ahh yes the wigs. We didn't really wear them much in the 1500s.
A number of women who were in your position didn't really even wear their _heads_ so count yourself lucky.
Team Anne Boleyn
really? i cant imagine not having them in the 1700s
my phone broke and when they sent me a new one my subs were erased and 85 I'd never heard of were in place. Yours was one. I erased most but kept yours and am enjoying. Future topics I'd like to see : Smoking, guitars or other musical instruments, cannabis use, unusual characters and animals. You seem to do perty well on your own. Looking to perusing your catalog. Good job. Thanks 👍
Just report them. Gotta stop this bs from spreading. Cite your sources or gtfo.
I remember that SpongeBob episode where he wears a wig, uses it as a mop - and overall is filthy. He thinks he’s fashionable.
I don’t think wigs should make a comeback. I don’t want people’s head lice and bedbugs
I am unsubscribing. Enough with the historical inaccuracies
Tell which claims were inaccuracies.
This video is a “Social Disaster”. Did they even do research? Please change the name of this channel to “We Poorly Research Or Just Make Stuff Up About History”. Also I hope it gets hit with copyright infringement from Abby Cox. She’s the person that anyone interested in wig/hair history SHOULD be listening to. I wonder if Catherine DeMedici shows up in this one too… 🙄
I thought it was cause of lice lol guess ima find out😅😁
*edit: oh god I wish it was just lice after what I just heard 🤢😂
How on earth is it possible that modern day, intelligent people cannot realize that wearing blonde wigs in a court of law is ridiculous to the point of absurdity ?
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buff
Huh? Didn't you post this comment one video before?
You reminded me of the legend of the parasite man 😂😂😂
That's a Norm McDonald Joke
@@BusStopProductions. - Thank you. I forgot and I’ve seen a few people use it. I feel better now
You ok over there buddy?
Came here looking for the fellow Abby Cox fans to light this false garbage rife with stolen content up in the comments. Was not disappointed.
Do you have the book? Are you sure the pictures aren't on the public domain? Have you looked for yourself or are you going by what someone else said?
This is the most dangerous kind of miss-information - one that tries to portray itself as real history. If you are a parody channel, please state so.
Is all of this untrue?
To quote Simon Whistler, "The past was the worst".
Love that reference. However, not in relation to this video because almost all of it is misinformation. 😭
Here's why: ua-cam.com/video/PIYUVHIUdfM/v-deo.html
Is this supposed to be satirical or...?
Not the same amount of people wearing wigs nowadays, but the hair extensions, or those clip on hair things are quite popular.
Misinformation much?
If you don't like it don't watch it.
Washington's hair might have been his own - but his teeth weren't.
This makes me happy to have naturally healthy and long hair, even if it’s a pain to maintain or get out of the drains.
Fascinating! This is the best history channel on youtube.
The narrators’ voice reminds me of Stephen Colbert. ☮️💟
8:13 “Unless you’re wearing a 3 foot muppet on your head, you’re not really wearing a wig.”
The best line ever and my favorite vocal stim
very stimulating content
BE SURE TO READ MY ANSWER TO TINA W BELOW! Modern-wise good wigs are made as close to natural hair as possible. I'm speaking here only of fine, thin, Caucasian hair -- what I got on my head. For a fill-in piece, a good wigmaker can keep the top of the wig low and close to your scalp and the sides delicately thin. A lot of us wimmin who lose our hair because of age/alopecia welcome these. Some of us can't just go with a close-cut style because it just isn't becoming. Unlike the dense wigs of the sixties, these are cool, weightless and wonderfully comfortable. You don't have all the hair and scalp damage caused by daily styling. And all you have to do is chop off your own hair when it starts to hang out below your wig. Man, that saves a lot of time!
Actually, East Indian hair is the most saught after. Plus short hair is not "unbecoming." Some women look great with short cropped hair. Your ethnocentrism is showing girl.
I want to thank those commenters that pointed out that this channel is a waste of time because it ‘uses’ others work and research and then mangles it. I no longer view this site.
Do you have the book? Are you sure the pictures aren't on the public domain? Have you looked for yourself or are you going by what someone else said?
Who researched this crap? Who stole images? Why is it full of utter lies? You guys need to learn how to research properly for a start, Samuel Peyps had a wig made from his OWN hair, it's in his blimmen diary ffs.
I was eating my dinner during those first 2 and a half minutes. Somehow, someway, my appetite survived.
I just bit into a sandwich when this video started 🤣
Thank heavens I live in today's age because however Hollywood tries to make these era's exciting, it was nasty with dirt.
Great video.
The George Washington thing is funny. I always thought he wore a wig. What we do for fashion... too bad there was no Instagram back then.
Credit Abby Cox for the images you stole from her book AND take the time to actually read the damn book
Do you have the book? Are you sure the pictures aren't on the public domain? Have you looked for yourself or are you going by what someone else said?
But the real reason for the giant hairdos was to cover their enormous alien brain buckets.
It’s only a matter of time before weird history makes a video about the The trend for women to shave and shape their hair down there… Which eventually led to men…scaping their southturf.
This is highly unseasoned.