Retro Fashions (No Comeback Needed) (ep 1.7)
Nothing says social status quite like ridiculous clothes, and throughout history, women have shown theirs with clothes that were sheer, huge, heavy, trailing, constricting, and otherwise totally impractical. In this episode I introduce you to sheer dresses, huge dresses, heavy dresses, dresses with sleeves so long they drag on the floor, headpieces with horns so high you can't get through the door, shoes that make it impossible to walk, various small, dead animals to wear on your person, and more.
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