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  • Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña fact checks the historical accuracy of the costumes and wardrobe in the musical film Grease. She analyzes the clothes of Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko and explains every layer of historical dress from 1958 teens, from petticoats to hair clips and shoes to hairstyles.
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  • @leahhere1815
    @leahhere1815 Před 4 lety +10101

    Fact Check "That 70's Show"

  • @lynnjones9045
    @lynnjones9045 Před 4 lety +8856

    I like how the historian wears things similar or in inspiration of what she's covering (even if it isn't done purposely)

    • @jacobjacquin
      @jacobjacquin Před 4 lety +294

      Lynn Jones titanic she wore a modern version of what a first class might wear, snow white she wore a cute sweater with matching hair i love it

    • @mastersnet18
      @mastersnet18 Před 4 lety +66

      Lynn Jones I’ve noticed that too! It’s really cute.

    • @DioneN
      @DioneN Před 4 lety +56

      Lynn Jones I love her so much she’s adorable.

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs Před 4 lety +59

      It's clearly done on purpose

    • @Trixiethewestie
      @Trixiethewestie Před 4 lety +22

      I know her. Clearly done on purpose and her other clothing are as cute.

  • @localtavernsluteplayer2182
    @localtavernsluteplayer2182 Před 4 lety +3104

    Is everyone forgetting that danny was changing for her too?? They met in the middle.

    • @laragalea7099
      @laragalea7099 Před 4 lety +302

      I've always thought this, finally someone that agrees with me

    • @sydneyhamann6056
      @sydneyhamann6056 Před 4 lety +21

      How?

    • @roseprevost8081
      @roseprevost8081 Před 4 lety +387

      Exactly. They're so fixated on sandy that they forget about Danny and the lettermans sweater. Plus, I don't think the change was more than superficial, anyway. They liked each other the way they were, in the end.

    • @jmonta21
      @jmonta21 Před 4 lety +235

      Sydney Hamann he joins a bunch of different sports teams so that he can “letter” in one of them. He’s wearing a letterman jacket in the end scene, but he takes it off during the song.

    • @sydneyhamann6056
      @sydneyhamann6056 Před 4 lety +2

      jmonta21 thanks

  • @maellescorner
    @maellescorner Před 4 lety +3062

    Yeah so can the historian just adopt me? Her style is impeccable

  • @jenneli314
    @jenneli314 Před 4 lety +2643

    2:21 it's also worth pointing out that Sandy's original name in the stage production was Sandra Dombrowski, so "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" has a double meaning that gets lost with the name change of the film.

    • @thisthingcalledlove8
      @thisthingcalledlove8 Před 4 lety +152

      Oh wow, "Sandra D."
      it makes senses now lol

    • @julkapisz1177
      @julkapisz1177 Před 4 lety +28

      Dąbrowski

    • @Udontkno7
      @Udontkno7 Před 4 lety +28

      She was Eastern European? Cool!

    • @Annie_Annie__
      @Annie_Annie__ Před 4 lety +90

      Did they change it because Olivia Newton John is Australian? And if so, couldn’t they have changed her surname to Daniels, Darwin, Dawson or some other English-sounding surname to keep the Sandra Dee/Sandra D. connection?

    • @frncy54
      @frncy54 Před 4 lety +69

      I think she were trying to say the Sandy was like Sandra Dee a very real well know actress of that time and was considered very virginal. Sandra Dee was in many movies and probably the most famous was- Gidget. So in my opinion Rizzo was criticizing Sandy by calling her Sandra Dee dripping with virginity. She mentions Doris Day and Rock Hudson also famous at the time.

  • @angeliepereyra821
    @angeliepereyra821 Před 4 lety +1569

    Fact Check: That 70's Show

    • @k1773ns
      @k1773ns Před 4 lety +3

      Angelie Pereyra yeesss

    • @audreygil_
      @audreygil_ Před 4 lety +1

      70s...?This is the late 50s lmao

    • @sammotionless7674
      @sammotionless7674 Před 4 lety +5

      @@audreygil_ That 70s Show is a TV show

    • @Author.Noelle.Alexandria
      @Author.Noelle.Alexandria Před 4 lety

      @@audreygil_ You're thinking of Happy Days, a show set in the 1950's that was made in the 1970's. In the 1990's, a TV show was made called That 70's Show. Before naming the show the cast and crew called it "that 70's show," and it stuck and became the title.

  • @sophiab9203
    @sophiab9203 Před 4 lety +3889

    Fact check “Stranger Things” please!!

    • @fab261
      @fab261 Před 4 lety +80

      It plays in the 80s, you can ask your parents about it

    • @QueenCloveroftheice
      @QueenCloveroftheice Před 4 lety +153

      Implying my parents were stylish in any way lmao

    • @nunpho
      @nunpho Před 4 lety +37

      Don't make the 80's sound so old.... 😰

    • @gra-emed3617
      @gra-emed3617 Před 4 lety +55

      It needs fact checked. As much as I love it, some of the looks are all over the place

    • @samanthamarie7232
      @samanthamarie7232 Před 4 lety +3

      Yes!!

  • @usagi32211
    @usagi32211 Před 4 lety +491

    I love how the expert says how accurate the outfits are, and then the artist does their own thing. The expert explains the Peter Pan collar and how the pointed collar was more for "bad girls" and the artist proceeds to draw a pointed collar on the "accurate" version. And what is up with that weird button-up skirt after spending a few minutes going over the Poodle skirt?

    • @HollyHummingbirdriver
      @HollyHummingbirdriver Před 4 lety +18

      usagi32211 she just wanted to cover the poodle skit. Sandy didn’t actually wear one.

  • @unouni2548
    @unouni2548 Před 4 lety +1717

    I thought the whole point of Grease was that both of them believed they had to change to appeal to the other. It wasn't just Sandy, the main message was that they could be together by being themselves... Haven't watched the movie in a while though...

    • @saraangel6696
      @saraangel6696 Před 4 lety +326

      that's true, Danny changed for Sandy, and Sandy for Danny. But since the most "drastic" look is sandy's, then they always say that the movie is about sandy changing for danny

    • @alexdestler3059
      @alexdestler3059 Před 4 lety +158

      unoriginal.uniqueness Danny had that track jacket on for like 2 minutes before literally throwing it away and going right back to his old ways after seeing Sandy’s new look.

    • @unouni2548
      @unouni2548 Před 4 lety +37

      @@alexdestler3059 I didn't remember that.. So, the problem was that Sandy was the one that ultimately changed? I remember Danny saying she didn't have to change. Maybe I made up my own movie haha

    • @sunriseschild
      @sunriseschild Před 4 lety +115

      @@unouni2548 He said goodbye to the guys and everything, then Sandy showed up in sewed-on pants and he tossed the good-boy act right out the window.

    • @fatalrob0t
      @fatalrob0t Před 4 lety +84

      That's what I've been saying! They literally changed themselves to be together and found they didn't really need to.

  • @emilymcpeak1652
    @emilymcpeak1652 Před 4 lety +580

    fun fact: sandys name in the musical is sandy dumbrowski but they had to change it to olsen for the movie because of olivia’s australian accent!! *musical theatre nerd who played frenchy recently!*

    • @plasticfrog4533
      @plasticfrog4533 Před 4 lety +8

      Emily McPeak congrats on the role of Frenchy! I love her

    • @emilymcpeak1652
      @emilymcpeak1652 Před 4 lety +5

      Audrey. Hepburn thank you so much!!

    • @madelinebeatlesgirl
      @madelinebeatlesgirl Před 4 lety +1

      I just played Marty!!

    • @dumblebee9167
      @dumblebee9167 Před 4 lety +1

      Korekiyo Shinguji really? In the script I had it said Dumbrowski!

    • @dumblebee9167
      @dumblebee9167 Před 4 lety +1

      Emily McPeak congrats on playing Frenchy! I played Sandy recently :))

  • @Rhyas9
    @Rhyas9 Před 4 lety +570

    I can't get enough of these fact checks. In the words of that famous song..."tell me more!"

  • @jenneli314
    @jenneli314 Před 4 lety +843

    12:22 I want to address/defend the "Sandy Transformation Controversy" part of the film- consider that all Sandy does is change her outfit to literally "let her hair down" compared to Danny's year long attempt to be "worthy" of the Good Girl- he stops hanging out with his friends as much (as evidenced in the final scene when he comments on their hubcap stealing outings), he embraces multiple extracurricular activities to the point that he gets a letter in track, he attempts to settle down and pin/ring her rather than play the field, and (presumably) his grades improve as a result of not skipping class with his friends. But yes, let's complain that Sandy had to "change herself for a man" just because she throws on some tight pants. Danny shaped up to actually be the guy she thought he was the previous summer, Sandy just proved she was still in love with him despite their social differences.

    • @WhoisKell
      @WhoisKell Před 4 lety +26

      jenneli314 so true..

    • @dochka
      @dochka Před 4 lety +86

      "Danny shaped up to actually be the guy she thought he was the previous summer, Sandy just proved she was still in love with him despite their social differences." hadn't even thought about him becoming who she thought he was, u make such a good point there

    • @swooningtree
      @swooningtree Před 4 lety +12

      OH MY GOD thank you. I thought I was going crazy

    • @beckysaurus3277
      @beckysaurus3277 Před 4 lety +4

      jenneli314 I just wrote a comment I think you would enjoy. But I 💯% agree with the double standard.

    • @AKookieForYou
      @AKookieForYou Před 4 lety +13

      Thank you! It was bothering me SO much how no one was really pointing that out lolol

  • @catinheels88
    @catinheels88 Před 4 lety +966

    Fact check Mad Men and The Great Gatsby please!

    • @diquanwashingbeard5175
      @diquanwashingbeard5175 Před 4 lety +28

      Mad men might be too accurate to be “fact checked”

    • @noway4435
      @noway4435 Před 4 lety +16

      @@diquanwashingbeard5175 and the great Gatsby didn't try to be period accurate. Through visuals, music and clothing it mixed modern and old styles

    • @diquanwashingbeard5175
      @diquanwashingbeard5175 Před 4 lety +8

      no way exactly, I would be interested to see what true period correct Gatsby clothing looked like

    • @samanthahamilton7078
      @samanthahamilton7078 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes please

    • @tkjm94
      @tkjm94 Před 4 lety +3

      Good suggestion, old sport!

  • @jmonta21
    @jmonta21 Před 4 lety +28

    My grandma said they DID wear tight pants in the 1950s, however they weren’t sold that way. My grandma (and other “bad girls”) would get the tightest fitting jeans they could find, then sit in a bath tub (fully dressed) of hot water then let the jeans dry to their figure. They also worse jeans so small on the waist they had to lay on their beds and pull the zipper up with wire hangers!

  • @userbev5965
    @userbev5965 Před 4 lety +1688

    Everyone teen knows a boy today who is DYING to be that rebel without a cause trop and lives in a leather jacket 😂

    • @flyingdolphin1015
      @flyingdolphin1015 Před 4 lety +35

      I’m a teen girl and I know two people. Me and one of my friends

    • @frailglass5930
      @frailglass5930 Před 4 lety +20

      im a wannabee varsity jacket even though i dont play varsity

    • @sophiehelena6737
      @sophiehelena6737 Před 4 lety +4

      wait fr that exists?

    • @shannalese
      @shannalese Před 4 lety +5

      I don't know one but lol. Can imagine

    • @yuliiza
      @yuliiza Před 4 lety +8

      oh so e-boys?

  • @lususlove
    @lususlove Před 4 lety +2427

    I thought the film was made and released in the 50s I’m so dumb

  • @craigdolvey6224
    @craigdolvey6224 Před 4 lety +469

    The black pants O.N.J wears were actually original 1950s she was sewn into them because the zipper was broken due to the age of the garment.

    • @andreacarpenter8824
      @andreacarpenter8824 Před 4 lety +30

      Craig Dolvey Those pants weren't accurate. Check ONJ's movie premiere outfit. Those were definately '70's disco pants! 1. they were too long; 50's pants were above the ankle, enough to be called "high waters". She'd also have to be able to move/dance in them. The costumets should have just put her in a tight skirt, below the knee ( tight skirts weren't allowed in a high school's dress code snyway...).

    • @Calia831
      @Calia831 Před 4 lety +4

      That's what I was thinking during this lol

    • @marie-nm9jo
      @marie-nm9jo Před 4 lety +3

      @@andreacarpenter8824 just because they werent popularized back then doesnt mean no one wore them in the 50s. there are so many people nowadays who dont always wear whats trendy and im sure those people existed back then too

    • @vintagegal212
      @vintagegal212 Před 3 lety +1

      @@marie-nm9jo I agree, the fashion expert is only comparing the outfits to things that were popular in the 50s or model/magazine photos, I think she should have looked at causal photos like family photos to see what was common between people who didn’t model or stuff like that.

  • @goodjobeli
    @goodjobeli Před 4 lety +551

    Please fact check Hairspray (2007)!

    • @ElfriedeRose
      @ElfriedeRose Před 4 lety +63

      that would be a good one especially because of the distinctions between Tracy and Amber in how they dress. Amber is clinging onto the style of the 50s and Tracy is moving forward into looks of the later 60s. That movie's costuming does a really good job of showing the transition in style between the two decades.

    • @MissLaceyNoel
      @MissLaceyNoel Před 4 lety +1

      YES! One of my favorites!

    • @Firegen1
      @Firegen1 Před 4 lety +8

      Worth hitting the original John Walters film with Ricki Lake also. If I remember correctly, it's more accurate in some places and less in others. Worth combining the two versions as a larger video.

    • @madelinebeatlesgirl
      @madelinebeatlesgirl Před 4 lety

      yes please!!

    • @mai.vancon
      @mai.vancon Před 4 lety +5

      Yes!! And I want her to fact-check the Afro-American dress style as well!

  • @paulapatino4034
    @paulapatino4034 Před 4 lety +634

    12:23
    Warning Rant Ahead:
    This is a consistent critique I always hear about Grease. One of my friends actually says she hates the movie because of it. This saddens me because that is not what the movie is about. First of all we see Danny Zuko change himeself. He became an athlete just to impress her even though it was something he didn't like. He also became more nice and less of an eff boy. People change people. Second, she changed because she wanted to. She wasn't happy with her pure self. If you look at the scene where she is singing "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)" she says to Frenchie " I'm not happy but I know how I can be (I'm paraphrasing)." So this shows that she changed not for Danny Zuko but for herself. I think that Danny is just a catalyst for this change. We have a lot of people around us that influence us to change or bring up hidden away feelings of wanting change. It is the same with Danny's and Sandy's relationship
    If you are still reading this I appreciate you 😊. This is something that has been bothering me forever and needed to get out of my chest. Thank for listening to my TedTalk 😊

    • @magicalgiraffe5855
      @magicalgiraffe5855 Před 4 lety +38

      Okay I can’t lie I thought this before but now I’m convinced that you’re correct about this. Well done rant 🙂

    • @rosaliealice7478
      @rosaliealice7478 Před 4 lety +3

      Mi amor, rant much?

    • @squirrelsongs
      @squirrelsongs Před 4 lety +51

      You’re not the only one, I feel the same way. As a kid I always thought it was both of them trying to compromise so they could stay together. It always seemed to me as though everyone forgot about the scene right before she shows up in the final outfit. If anyone was changing themselves to “keep” their love interest, it was Danny who did it solely for that reason whereas Sandy had more than one reason for her transformation.

    • @FightingIncorrectStereotypes
      @FightingIncorrectStereotypes Před 4 lety +24

      It’s basically a modern-day twist on tales of irony that go way back. Look up “gift of the magi“. You have two people that compromise themselves to please the one they love, but their gifts mutually cancel each other out because they each sacrifice the part that the y believe the other one loves the most about them.

    • @TayylorNikki
      @TayylorNikki Před 4 lety +2

      THANK YOU

  • @gigitastic90
    @gigitastic90 Před 4 lety +288

    Sandy's pants were in fact vintage according to Olivia Newton John. They sewed her in them due to a broken zipper. She currently owns them and last I heard was auctioning them off for her cancer center.

    • @cluvsonj
      @cluvsonj Před 4 lety +21

      Yes they sold at auction early this month for $162,500.00. She still continued even in interviews for the auction that they actually were 1950s pants.

    • @burnoverme
      @burnoverme Před 4 lety +6

      I really thought that said “Sandy’s parents” lmao 😂

    • @prcervi
      @prcervi Před 4 lety +2

      vintaged a size (or more) too small then
      so i'll say i'm surprised she didn't burst a seam during filming

    • @gigitastic90
      @gigitastic90 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh my God I misread things all the time too! I can't too seeing it as that now!!

    • @buckjohnson3748
      @buckjohnson3748 Před 4 lety +3

      But it's not really what they would wear

  • @RachelDeRosier010894
    @RachelDeRosier010894 Před 4 lety +373

    Please do Disney's Sleeping Beauty next.
    Narrator: "Where and when is it set?"
    Raissa: "14th century France."
    Narrator: "Why the 14th century?"
    Philip: "This is the 14th century."

    • @rebeccaartemisia96
      @rebeccaartemisia96 Před 4 lety +1

      Rachel DeRosier wasn't Philip's father who said it to aurora's father? I mean, when the kings were talking about the wedding 😂

    • @kaitlinowens2714
      @kaitlinowens2714 Před rokem +2

      Philip mentions it too when he tells his dad about Briar Rose, he tells his dad “you’re living in the past, this is the 14th century,”. I think King Herbert repeats the line when trying to King Stephen that Philip doesn’t want to marry Aurora later on in the movie.

  • @Sweetthang9
    @Sweetthang9 Před 4 lety +130

    She is one of the most knowledgeable and eloquent fashion historians I've ever heard....get this woman a podcast!!!

  • @soundsofpeople8779
    @soundsofpeople8779 Před 4 lety +483

    Fact check The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  • @jackie0499
    @jackie0499 Před 4 lety +104

    My grandfather kind of dressed like Danny back in the day and my grandmother was classified ‘good girl’ until after they were married.
    Then she started wearing tight pants lol.

  • @furd73
    @furd73 Před 4 lety +73

    The movie actually takes place in the school year 1958-1959 because in the Broadway show they refer to the Rydell High graduating class of 1959.

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 Před 4 lety +9

      Bradford Zuercher--THANK YOU.. This self--styled "expert" didn't bother to do her homework.

    • @margotrumpel7604
      @margotrumpel7604 Před 4 lety +10

      And La Bamba was released in October 1958, so also the school year 58-59

    • @kek6403
      @kek6403 Před 4 lety +5

      @@onemercilessming1342 chill out.

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kek6403--I suggest you take your own advice.

  • @stephaniehight2771
    @stephaniehight2771 Před 4 lety +260

    I loved the "Beauty School Dropout" pin. Wonderful small touch.

  • @jacobjacquin
    @jacobjacquin Před 4 lety +573

    why don’t you fact check The Greatest Showman next?! i think there’s plenty few inaccuracies in the film, despite being so good

    • @dochka
      @dochka Před 4 lety +81

      i don't think there's a single accurate thing about the entire film i just suspended my belief for the full thing and pretended it was a fantasy or something lmao

    • @bethbowen5903
      @bethbowen5903 Před 4 lety +51

      As a historian, that movie, while absolutely epic, was soooo inaccurate in costuming. I know they did this on purpose, but it distracted me a lot because all I kept thinking throughout the movie was "When the heck is this movie suppose to be set in?!" because I'm usually really good at telling that based on the clothing. Greatest Showman had me so confused lol.

    • @katiechambers1319
      @katiechambers1319 Před 4 lety +4

      Yess I love that movie but it is so inaccurate 😂

    • @thewordshifter
      @thewordshifter Před 4 lety +2

      @@bethbowen5903 saaaaaame. I couldnt watch it.

    • @jacobjacquin
      @jacobjacquin Před 4 lety +5

      Beth Bowen i think if they do an episode on it, they should say it’s set in the 1840’s or 1850’s because queen Victoria is alive in one scene. i think the three main character costumes they should focus on are, P.T barnums circus outfit, Jenny Lind ‘never enough’ dress, and maybe, the bearded lady’s performance dress. i’m saying jenny’s dress because, it seemed very 1950’s glamour with the dress and hair despite being the mid victorian period. and the bearded lady’s dress, the purple seemed to synthetic coloured for the time period.

  • @tnetinycreations
    @tnetinycreations Před rokem +5

    R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John. You will always be Sandy. Nobody can ever take your place as such an iconic character as Sandy Olson.

  • @emmamcmahon2390
    @emmamcmahon2390 Před 4 lety +168

    Who else wish they checked out the historical accuracy of the prom dresses instead of the "good girl" look? Still a great vid though😊

    • @xxxxcubbyxxxx
      @xxxxcubbyxxxx Před 4 lety +6

      Sandy's prom dress was also worn by Joanie in Happy Days in the episode where she turns 16 and falls in love with Potsie....... My fav prom dress was the one worn by Frenchy...….it was also used in a show where a girl is killed on her prom night and comes back to life....

  • @luciciandbubsie28
    @luciciandbubsie28 Před 4 lety +276

    17:34 it's also the same with stranger things, everyone but the main cast is accurate

    • @irishis3
      @irishis3 Před 4 lety +7

      Logan Harden I felt the same way about single serving bottled water. 😂

    • @emilydraws9522
      @emilydraws9522 Před 4 lety +3

      Can you just leave a grease fandom to watch a grease video and leave an overrated show to another video?Its a bit annoying to push your opinions on others.

    • @niayo8911
      @niayo8911 Před 4 lety +10

      @@emilydraws9522 ...what?? Chill out.

    • @jayel1471
      @jayel1471 Před 4 lety

      @@lh1681 It's because things that we associate with a decade aren't always accurate. We often have an exaggerated iconic image of a decade's look, rather than accurate one.

    • @ZiggyCashmere
      @ZiggyCashmere Před 4 lety

      @@lh1681 Dude the brothers definitely cared about the accuracy, I mean their childhoods were during that era, how could they not. The show overall is accurate with some minor inaccuracies here and there. It's impossible to completely replicate another era without something being off.

  • @amethyst4990
    @amethyst4990 Před 4 lety +100

    The historians hairstyle is on point. Shes soo classy and pretty!

  • @savannahmanuell
    @savannahmanuell Před 4 lety +22

    so we’re gonna forget that whole scene of danny trying out sports to change for sandy? then, in the carnival scene he has a letterman jacket, and to top it all off, his attitude has been changing throughout the movie.

    • @aaronxalapa
      @aaronxalapa Před 3 lety +2

      she changed because he tried so much to change for her...

  • @KateKatastrophe
    @KateKatastrophe Před 4 lety +53

    Danny tried to change to suit Sandy too. He started doing gym and wearing letterman jackets.

  • @gingerbeyotch94
    @gingerbeyotch94 Před 4 lety +47

    Grease is set in the 1958-1959 school year, not 1957-58

    • @ice4fox2
      @ice4fox2 Před 4 lety +8

      Thank you! You'd think they could have looked up such a simple fact.

  • @kevinpawl211
    @kevinpawl211 Před 4 lety +374

    John travolta looks totally different today

  • @madalynnelizabeth9824
    @madalynnelizabeth9824 Před 4 lety +278

    12:20 didn't Danny change to keep his girl as well? or are we just going to look at the girl changed for the guy.

    • @TheChristiti
      @TheChristiti Před 4 lety +44

      Yeah he was wearing a jock jacket to try to become what sandy would have wanted... But every just focused on Sandy's transformation...

    • @rem5782
      @rem5782 Před 4 lety +50

      Because not a moment later he went back to being himself

    • @jif635
      @jif635 Před 4 lety +21

      Yeah he tried to become an athlete jock and spends a lot of time in the film being berated for it

    • @RexTheDinosaur1
      @RexTheDinosaur1 Před 4 lety +24

      Well I always took it as that Danny was always that kind and nice guy he just pretended to be a jerk for his stupid friends. But he thought that he lost Sandy and that's why he tried hard to become like a jock to win her back. And Sandy knew that even though that Danny was a nice guy deep down because you know she knew him over the summer prior to the school year starting that the only way that she would be accepted by his crowd was to change. But in reality Danny was always a nice guy he just pretended to be A jerk.

    • @shanayazaveri2620
      @shanayazaveri2620 Před 4 lety +7

      @@RexTheDinosaur1 it could be that Sandy always wanted to be a bit of a bad girl. I mean every one once in a while wants to experience being bad.

  • @GoldInOaks
    @GoldInOaks Před 4 lety +118

    i'd love to see an appearance of the 50s up to 70s make a return in fashion.

    • @shineinstars
      @shineinstars Před 4 lety +5

      well, older fashion is coming back. bet 50's and 70's will come back more

    • @themadhattress5008
      @themadhattress5008 Před 4 lety +11

      No one's saying you can't wear such styles yourself. Who knows? People like you might bring that fashion back into the public consciousness.

    • @heylol4119
      @heylol4119 Před 4 lety +3

      Ryan Hazley fun fact: fashion recycles itself ☺️ fashion today is based off of 90’s fashion, so I think next will be the 80’s

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 Před 4 lety +1

      It has already came back. It been around for several years now. I have a couple of fifties style dresses that I got online a couple of years ago. I have an crinoline skirt to go with it. I have also seen patchwork jeans, and tie dye shirts, bell bottoms as well. I also have a peasant top and a pair of patchwork jeans. You just have to pay attention to what people are wearing nowadays.

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 Před 4 lety +5

      @@heylol4119 80's fashion came back this year. I have seen a lot of neon clothing. 50s-60s clothing came back about five ago. 70s clothing came back last year.

  • @Trixiethewestie
    @Trixiethewestie Před 4 lety +31

    Sandy's name in the musical was Sandy Dumbrowski, AKA Sandy D as well.

  • @maria-carlota6392
    @maria-carlota6392 Před 4 lety +50

    i love how the fashion expert always wears a pin that has something to do with the film

  • @fatalrob0t
    @fatalrob0t Před 4 lety +279

    Dude, danny had to change, too. Why do people forget that?

    • @katierasburn1093
      @katierasburn1093 Před 4 lety +70

      Sinead Dowling .... bruh, he spent months trying to impress her and she just threw on some tight pants lmao

    • @forliberty1805
      @forliberty1805 Před 4 lety +38

      @Sinead Dowling he did more than that. He was trying to change his attitude. Unfortunately it was the bad image that they both ended up keeping by the end. So her change seems more permanent. But then again, after high school, Danny had no one he needed to impress so he probably ended up dropping the bad boy image for her and her parents.

    • @JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy
      @JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy Před 4 lety

      fatalrob0t B/c boys are lazy! He just wore a sports blazer instead of his leather jacket. (In typical T’Bird style, like the bumper, it was stolen.)

    • @sofiarodriguez6768
      @sofiarodriguez6768 Před 4 lety +26

      @@JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy except he changed his personality and his outlook on life over multiple months. He tries out for sports starts hanging out with other groups, stops being ashamed of her, goes out of his way to impress her. Not only that but then he tells her that she doesn't have to change who she is and how she dresses even though it's hot she did. I mean he literally tells the boys that he's sorry to leave them permanently but she means too much for him to lose her and they support him.
      Who's lazy are the people who chose to not remember the most iconic part of grease. The bad boy gone good

    • @philmstud2k
      @philmstud2k Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah, kinda like Gift of the Magi. Sandy changed to be more like Danny while Danny changed to be more like Sandy, meeting in a happy medium.

  • @reginabillotti
    @reginabillotti Před 4 lety +19

    Nitpick: Grease (the stage show) didn't premiere in 1972. It had a off-Broadway run in 1971 before coming to Broadway the next year.
    Also, in the Broadway show Sandy's name was actually "Sandra D(umbrowski)". They changed it by the time the movie was made, but in the original version the song made more sense.

  • @achanwahn
    @achanwahn Před 4 lety +34

    5:34
    1950s: Ya know what I wanna make popular? Capes! But how to trick people into wearing them...?

    • @grumpyoldman3458
      @grumpyoldman3458 Před 4 lety +4

      "No capes!" - Edna Mode

    • @rivenrime
      @rivenrime Před 4 lety

      I had the thought that it was definitely a clasp chain for a cape, not a sweater, lol.

  • @Gen_X_Rosey
    @Gen_X_Rosey Před 4 lety +93

    People always have to say "She had to change herself to keep her man." But what about the fact that he tried to change himself to keep his woman? Trying to be an athlete? Getting a letter on his sweater? Oh, but none of that matters because "She had to change to keep her man." If it's a guy doing the exact same thing, though, it's okay, therefore, overlooked.

    • @rachelindell2901
      @rachelindell2901 Před 4 lety

      One of them had to change, given that she was a square that didn't really get along with her friends, it makes the most sense that she changed. Just logic

    • @haydenf4031
      @haydenf4031 Před 4 lety +23

      yeah I completely agree. and people don't talk about the fact that Sandy's transformation was supplemented by her friends. they were "bad girls" so they encouraged it. Danny on the other hand sacrificed fitting into his friendgroup to be able to be the man Sandy wanted him to be.

    • @anna7543
      @anna7543 Před 4 lety +1

      @@haydenf4031 thank you!

  • @thebusybee957
    @thebusybee957 Před 4 lety +84

    Fact check Gone With the Wind!!

  • @stiqula
    @stiqula Před 4 lety +86

    Relationships are about compromise. If you go into every one of them thinking "I'm never changing, I'm perfect as I am" you're gonna be unhappy and alone for a very long time.

    • @KTCC13
      @KTCC13 Před 2 lety

      Eartha Kitt taught me other wise.

  • @johannakerns2107
    @johannakerns2107 Před 4 lety +8

    I appreciate the depth your historian gives both to the clothing history but also to understanding the adaptations for costuming. Very insightful!

  • @sleepingsheep16
    @sleepingsheep16 Před 4 lety +7

    I really enjoy these videos, and look forward to them every time! I really love how she is incorporating the 50s in her own style, like her 50s nailpolish and the brooch😍

  • @touchtheskyhigh
    @touchtheskyhigh Před 4 lety +17

    I was binge watching this all last night so I am so excited!!!

  • @abfabfan
    @abfabfan Před 4 lety +24

    Please note, that the denim worn in the movie is mostly stonewashed. In the 1950s there were early examples of that but raw denim was actually the norm. Pre-Washed denim came up later. Raw denim fades different and the jeans are more stiff. The look Brando wears shows a 1950s raw denim cut which was more the common style. Tapered legs like in 9:28 were not popular in the 1950s. One would rather buy a pair of very tight raw denim jeans and 'stretch' them to fit. Or buy a pair that fitted okay and later shrink them onto the body by getting in the tub with them - like our mothers (I was born in 1970s) used to tell us all about.

  • @equiinom
    @equiinom Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you so much for this series. Keep it going please!! It warms the cockles of my anthropology major's lonely heart. (My favorite genre of film/tv/books are historical fiction and period pieces and musicals so this is right up my alley.

  • @lynnjones9045
    @lynnjones9045 Před 4 lety +1

    I JUST FINISHED THE OTHER LIKE 5 VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES TO COME AND FIND THIS ONE! I LOVE ITTT!

  • @medioreblatherskite
    @medioreblatherskite Před 4 lety +2

    This is genuinely my favorite series.

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames Před 4 lety +7

    Have you ever tried a clip-on or screw-on ear ring? I tried some genuine 50s and 60s ones on as a teen because my mom bought and sold vintage jewelry, and they either hurt (if tight) or fell off repeatedly (if loose). Glad I missed this fashion item, but sweater clips were cool.

  • @TheGreekPianist
    @TheGreekPianist Před 4 lety +3

    I’m 24 and I actually love dressing like a 1950s Greaser, like the T Bird guys did in Grease. I really admire the fashion of that era. Some people at school thought I was weird but I thought I looked cool 😎

  • @Sibealove
    @Sibealove Před 4 lety

    I've recently found this Fashion Fact Check videos (by recently I mean just yesterday!) and, as a big movie lover who admires the research and detail that goes into costume design, this is just the kind of content I enjoy! I've subscribed to your channel now and hope you keep doing these videos! PS: really enjoy the way Raissa Bretaña speaks and explains herself, totally captivating!

  • @incidentalist
    @incidentalist Před 4 lety +1

    Love love LOVE that movie! Grew up watching it! Thank you for the review and very interesting!! My Dad was born in 41 so this was EXACTLY his era!

  • @jessybee1389
    @jessybee1389 Před 4 lety +6

    Best series on fashion, also her beauty school drop out pin is adorable!

  • @cijmo
    @cijmo Před 4 lety +4

    The one that I most notice/wonder about is the hair on the mother in The Christmas Story. Everything else seems to be accurate and then the mother has this wild hair that just seems out of place for a mother of two in that era.

  • @staceydavies860
    @staceydavies860 Před 4 lety +1

    Please do more of these! I LOVE them

  • @madelinebeatlesgirl
    @madelinebeatlesgirl Před 4 lety

    oh my god, never stop this series!! ❤️

  • @evildeities8750
    @evildeities8750 Před 3 lety +4

    The Outsiders would be a fun one to do! The story took place in 1967 and I wondered if the Greasers and Socs fashion was the same or different.

  • @txx0xxt
    @txx0xxt Před 4 lety +13

    Sandy *and* Danny both changed for each other.

  • @shunalicekazami
    @shunalicekazami Před 4 lety

    yay! i always look forward for this segment

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames Před 4 lety +2

    In high school, my sisters history teacher showed a popular Civil War TV to his class in the 80s, and asked the class to point out inaccuracies. He was not pleased that my sister, who loved vintage fashions and even wore 1920s dresses to class, spent her essay criticizing the 80s hair and make-up.

  • @mktruett
    @mktruett Před 4 lety +5

    I love this video so much! Can she come back to talk about the Rizzo?

  • @kmiiO
    @kmiiO Před 4 lety +9

    I love Raissa! Please do more videos with her

  • @pythonkatie1985
    @pythonkatie1985 Před 4 lety +1

    I got a bunch of my grandmother's costume jewelry when she passed and it's nice actually knowing what some of the previously unknown items were for.

  • @nicolehall694
    @nicolehall694 Před 4 lety

    The host sure did know her fashion! And could we please take a moment to mention her FANTASTIC look!! Gorgeous woman with astounding sense of fashion!

  • @kawaiibunnbunn
    @kawaiibunnbunn Před 4 lety +106

    Ah, the 1950s. I really love their fashion. The way we dress now, though... today's fashion can't stand a chance to the 50s in my opinion.
    *edit:* I never knew this would get 70 likes, wow. I'm sorry if I've offended you in any way, or insulted you by my comment. Growing up, I've been always amazed by the 1950s. If only I could travel back in time... and yes, I know that there are different time eras where fashion could've blew up in popularity.

    • @charleesamuelson6152
      @charleesamuelson6152 Před 4 lety +7

      I personally think that 90s grunge is great too.

    • @sunriseschild
      @sunriseschild Před 4 lety +19

      You're both right. 50's was downright classy (minus those horrid pointy bras). 90's is the epitome of comfort. I just wish people hadn't chosen to revive the 80's, of all things.

    • @charleesamuelson6152
      @charleesamuelson6152 Před 4 lety +1

      @@sunriseschild yeah the my mom says that the 80s styles were great too

    • @janaekelis
      @janaekelis Před 4 lety +1

      Yes! The 50s were so effortlessly colourful and fancy

    • @adaabeja2061
      @adaabeja2061 Před 4 lety +1

      70s and back are all great to me. I’m a 90s baby, so I do like some of the stuff but I don’t think it was the best decade fashion wise

  • @rebeccajohnston5411
    @rebeccajohnston5411 Před 4 lety +4

    I actually got to try on John Travolta’s TBird jacket back in 1981 it had been donated for a fundraiser. It weighed about 10 pounds. 😊

  • @InsertWittyAllusion
    @InsertWittyAllusion Před 4 lety +1

    Hi Glamour! Thank you for making these videos! I absolutely love them! I would love to see you dissect the fashion accuracy of some of my favorite TV shows and movies! Movies I love are Mona Lisa Smile and Little Women (the one with Winona Ryder). If you ever do TV shows: Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and Little House on the Prairie

  • @friendlymushroom716
    @friendlymushroom716 Před 4 lety

    This is my first time seeing these videos, and I’m OBSESSED ❤️❤️❤️

  • @richi1790
    @richi1790 Před 4 lety +54

    Next:Fact Checks of Austin Powers International Man of Mystery
    Yeah!!!!Groovy Baby!!!!🌈✌️❇️

  • @ZoraTheberge
    @ZoraTheberge Před 4 lety +3

    There’s one inaccuracy. The leather moto jacket was introduced by Schott. The ‘Perfecto’ style as worn by Brando can be instantly recognized by its star-shaped studs on the epaulets.

  • @stuartwray6175
    @stuartwray6175 Před rokem +2

    No mention of the men's belt buckles worn to one side.
    Sandy's rebel look is like disco with a 50s veneer. It looks great. Debbie Harry (Blondie) wore that style of shoe on the cover of Parallel Lines. The 50s revival was really big in 1970s Britain, and lingered on through the 1980s.

  • @anthonypantliano6911
    @anthonypantliano6911 Před 4 lety +2

    I love these videos. Keep them coming.

  • @jessicah9311
    @jessicah9311 Před 4 lety +6

    I’m more shocked people thought Sandy’s name was actually Sandra Dee. She legit introduces herself as Sandy Olsen in the film. People don’t pay attention. 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams Před 4 lety +4

    I love this historian and her Instagram is amazing!! It’s interesting they switched the musical setting of 1950s Chicago to Los Angeles in the movie.

  • @taylorfullerlove313
    @taylorfullerlove313 Před 4 lety

    Please make a million of these Fashion Fact Checks

  • @jesuschrist1518
    @jesuschrist1518 Před 4 lety

    My school is doing a Greece musical next friday! We have been preparing for months, can't wait!

  • @brandonuebel7486
    @brandonuebel7486 Před 4 lety +4

    You should do one of these on Happy Days since it's also about the 50's and made in the 70's.

  • @pinkcrazygirl
    @pinkcrazygirl Před 4 lety +63

    I'm a simple woman: I see Elvis, I click.

  • @madelinebeatlesgirl
    @madelinebeatlesgirl Před 4 lety +2

    Even though I think it’s pretty accurate already, I’d LOVE to see you do Outlander!!

  • @michellehooey935
    @michellehooey935 Před 4 lety +1

    I’ve been waiting for this!!!!!

  • @ilovedogs_
    @ilovedogs_ Před 4 lety +34

    You guys should do Cry-baby.(1990)

  • @prettyinpink903
    @prettyinpink903 Před 4 lety +3

    Everyone always complains about Sandy changing herself at the end, when the point of that was kinda showing that she excepted him. And everyone forgets that a large portion of the movie is just watching Danny try to turn himself into a jock for her. That’s y he was wearing the letterman at the end instead of a leather jacket

  • @mandykleeschulte9583
    @mandykleeschulte9583 Před 4 lety

    The best fashion historian you guys have had!!! Bring Raissa Bretaña back please!!

  • @Attackontrashcan
    @Attackontrashcan Před 4 lety +1

    I have this movie on DVD ,it's my favorite
    That's why Rizzo says "hey I'm Dorris day,I was not brought up that way!" In Sandra Dee

  • @user-bv5kx3jb5n
    @user-bv5kx3jb5n Před 4 lety +29

    Can you do pocahontas?
    (Original dress and when she's in london)

    • @camilladyrefrank
      @camilladyrefrank Před 4 lety +2

      Niky all of pocahontas, including the fashion, is fictional

    • @sita1993m
      @sita1993m Před 4 lety +1

      @@camilladyrefrank Pocahontas was a real person.

    • @camilladyrefrank
      @camilladyrefrank Před 4 lety +3

      sita1993m yes. but the disney film was fiction, simply using her name.

    • @Tarietta
      @Tarietta Před 4 lety

      @@camilladyrefrank Haven't they "fact checked" other completely fiction-based disney films as well or am I thinking of a different channel on that?

  • @katiew1114
    @katiew1114 Před 4 lety +19

    She should fact check "The Outsiders"!

    • @jamesmagee7387
      @jamesmagee7387 Před 4 lety +1

      katie w my favorite yeah Mustangs there tough

  • @richardbond258
    @richardbond258 Před 2 lety +1

    My grandmother was definitely a real life Rizzo. She had the short cropped hair. Black of course. She also mentioned that she used to wear "petal pushers". What she called those pants. She was a teen during the late 1940's and early 1950's. She had my mom 1951. She was around 17 to 18 then. She died at a young age of 54.

  • @miafine2584
    @miafine2584 Před 4 lety

    I wasn’t planning on spending 20 mins on fashion history today, but I’m happy I did!

  • @annm861
    @annm861 Před 4 lety +37

    Fun fact: the black pants were originally Olivia’s when she was younger.

    • @WhoisKell
      @WhoisKell Před 4 lety +10

      Skylertracy anotherone the zipper broke before they filmed the scene. That is why they sew her in.

    • @annm861
      @annm861 Před 4 lety +2

      JustKell oh wow!

    • @msf1967
      @msf1967 Před 4 lety +13

      I’ve never heard they originally belonged to Olivia; only that she owns them now. I have heard they were vintage, so only one pair existed. If they were made for the production, a back up pair would’ve been available. It is certainly well known that the zipper was broken, and that is why she was sewn in (not because they were too tight). They also weren’t Spandex. They were satin. So... where is this woman getting her facts?

    • @RexTheDinosaur1
      @RexTheDinosaur1 Před 4 lety +3

      Funny because I saw a documentary where she said that somebody gave them to her to wear. And then they ended up giving them to her because they had fitted them to her body. But who really knows the truth.

    • @blinski1
      @blinski1 Před 4 lety +7

      @@msf1967 They absolutely don't look satin in any way (look at the typical spandex wrinkles around her ankles and up her tights). They are 100% spandexy late 70's style disco garment, so as her hairstyle and the rest of the outfit besides leather jacket. You can see exactly the same style of outfit on many photos or in music videos form that era.

  • @citrussarcodactylis526
    @citrussarcodactylis526 Před 4 lety +7

    FINALLY they got someone who can draw

  • @n3onstars
    @n3onstars Před 4 lety +2

    also her transformation makeup is less 50s and more 70s... as evidenced by her Princess Leia blush. (there's more, but that is the thing that stands out most). It's very bright, and 50s blush was most often almost non-existent.
    Great video though! I learned a lot :D

  • @stephaniehensley346
    @stephaniehensley346 Před rokem

    These fashion accuracies are so interesting and this historian is gorgeous

  • @kangaruri2157
    @kangaruri2157 Před 4 lety +247

    they finally got rid of that terrible artist my god

    • @gabrielatejera3145
      @gabrielatejera3145 Před 4 lety +2

      who?

    • @sedgeflower
      @sedgeflower Před 4 lety +9

      I came here to see if anyone noticed! I think they deleted the comments about it on the other videos.

    • @D.reNDED
      @D.reNDED Před 4 lety

      who? x2

    • @kangaruri2157
      @kangaruri2157 Před 4 lety +10

      Dana D In a lot of the other videos, people commented on how poor of an artist they used for the historically-accurate comparison. Seems like they finally found a better one.

  • @allisonwilhelm1308
    @allisonwilhelm1308 Před 4 lety +21

    She was only sewn into the pants because the zipper broke, according to the actress in the movie's "making of" featurette.

  • @sarahluvs2sing166
    @sarahluvs2sing166 Před 11 měsíci

    My grandma was a teenager in the 1950’s, and she didn’t really care for ‘50s fashion. I, on the other hand, absolutely love it!

  • @altertheskyy1
    @altertheskyy1 Před 4 lety +1

    This lady is so well spoken