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    (#3) Codpieces

    15th and 16th century men sought to accentuate their packages with codpieces. They were often made of padded cloth or embroidered fabric, though metal codpieces were also worn. Held in place with buttons, strings, or ties, the codpiece was designed to draw praise and raise a man’s profile. Even the name was knowingly bawdy - "cod" was slang for scrotum.

    But French philosopher Michel de Montaigne wasn’t having it, calling out the hypocrisy of the device. In the 1580s, he deemed the codpiece "an empty and useless model of a member that we cannot even decently mention by name, which however we show off and parade in public."

    Codpieces eventually fell out of fashion as doublet styles changed and breeches became more billowing.

  • Bombasts on Random Dumbest Fashion Trends in History

    (#13) Bombasts

    The exaggerated body stuffing known as bombast was popular with both women and men during the 16th century. Cotton, wool, or even sawdust was used to add volume to areas of clothing, particularly the sleeves. 

    Men sometimes filled their doublets to give the illusion of a fuller belly, or padded their calves to look more muscular.

  • Bloomer Suits on Random Dumbest Fashion Trends in History

    (#15) Bloomer Suits

    Newspaper editor and temperance advocate Amelia Bloom helped start a of wave of more practical, less constricting clothing in the 1850s. Her temperance newspaper, The Lily, became the place where she and writer and activist Elizabeth Smith Miller promoted the "Bloomer suit." Consisting of trousers under a knee-length skirt with a vest, the Bloomer suit caught on with temperance activists and other like-minded women, causing a major sensation.

    Women who wore Bloomer suits were frequently harassed, as the outfit was deemed scandalous. Many in the press and society lamented that the Bloomer suit robbed a woman of her mystery by revealing too much. The Bloomer suit was eventually ridiculed back into the closet, but not before making a mark on fashion.

  • Lotus Shoes on Random Dumbest Fashion Trends in History

    (#1) Lotus Shoes

    Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese girls with bound feet. For centuries, families repeatedly broke and folded the feet of their young daughters to create the tiny feet that epitomized femininity. The foot was bound with long ribbons to prevent growth. If the toes withered and fell off, even better. The process usually took between two to three years, and the girl’s feet were bound for the rest of her life.

    Women with bound feet wore Lotus shoes, cone or sheath-shaped footwear that resembled a lotus bud. The shoes were made of silk or cotton and were usually ornate, embroidered with flowers, animals, and other traditional patterns. 

    There were many attempts to ban foot binding throughout history. It was officially outlawed in 1912, though the practice was still carried out in secret in some areas of China for years after.

  • Crakowes on Random Dumbest Fashion Trends in History

    (#5) Crakowes

    Also known as the poulaine, this super long shoe reigned supreme with men across Europe in the late 14th century. The shoes were named after Krákow, Poland because they were introduced to England by Polish nobles. Once the shoes were seen at court, they became all the rage - even though the shoes were six to twenty-four inches long. But they were a quick indicator of social status: the longer the shoe, the higher the wearer's station.

    Chains were sometimes strung from the toe of the crakow to the knee to allow the wearer to walk. Sometimes the toes were stuffed with material for the same reason. They were considered ridiculous, vain, and dangerous by many conservatives and church leaders, who called them "devil's fingers."

  • Corsets on Random Dumbest Fashion Trends in History

    (#11) Corsets

    Corsets have been around in one form or another since the 5th century. They were originally made of stiffened fabric, and then evolved into cage-like contraptions made from whalebone, wood, or steel. Corsets caused organs to shift around, and caused indigestion and constipation - but they weren't deadly.

    There’s a lot of misinformation about the corset, as Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, explains. "Most people today think corsets were extremely dangerous and caused all kinds of health problems, from cancer to scoliosis," Steele says. "And that’s quite inaccurate. Most of the diseases that have been credited to corsets, in fact, had other causes. Corsets did not cause scoliosis, the crushing of the liver, cancer, or tuberculosis. It doesn’t mean that corsets were without any health problems, but it does mean that most modern people are wildly naive in believing the most absurd antiquated medical accusations about corsetry."

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Even the most fashionable people cannot withstand the impact of some of the stupidest fashion trends in history. Some fashion trends are not only so silly but dumb, some of these trends have even become a symbol of the culture of the times. From the Lotus Shoes in feudal China to the Arsenic Dresses popular in ancient Europe, these dumbest fashion trends are so absurd by today's standards that we can't help laughing and wondering what people were thinking at the time.

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