I Got An 18th Century Makeover
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- Publicado el 23 abr 2022
- Finally, the video we've all been waiting for... the one where I get to return to Colonial Williamsburg after ~20 years!! As some of you guys might know, I bring up Colonial Williamsburg *a lot*, as it left a big impression on me as a child - so we decided to make the trip to the historical town of Williamsburg, VA to get an 18th century makeover (hair, makeup, and outfit!) and explore their living history museum, in costume. A big thank you to Abby Cox & Nicole Rudolph for helping out with our final look, and thank you to Colonial Williamsburg for inviting us!
(btw - CW = colonial williamsburg lol)
Abby Cox’s Channel - / abbycox
The collab we shot together at CW! - • I took Safiya Nygaard ...
Nicole Rudolph’s Channel - / nicolerudolph
Her video on making my shoes! - • I Made 18th century Sh...
Cheyney McKnight’s ESclips Channel - / notyourmommashistory
Colonial Williamsburg resources -
3D Tour of the Peyton Randolph House: virtualtours.colonialwilliams...
Hope Wright's research:
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slaveryandremembrance.org/par...
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PRODUCED & EDITED by
Safiya Nygaard
Tyler Williams
Nez Covington
Hannah Bruce
Carly Dawson
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HELLO FRIENDS!! the williamsburg x safiya x abby x nicole collab is finally nigh!! i hope you guys enjoy it & please make sure to check out abby, nicole, and cheyney's youtube channels linked in the description! ps - for legal reasons, the panty thing is a joke 🌝 what did you guys think of my final look?? xoxo, saf (btw - CW = colonial williamsburg lol)
your videos have helped me in some of my darkest times. thank you so much for the laughs!
Making my 4 hour turned into a 8 hour train ride more fun!
i love that you know what libertys kids is!! it was my whole childhood!!!
I love your videos so much! I’m so glad I found your channel.
@M.710 yeah me too. Especially the one about your cat. My dog died in January and so it made me feel not alone going through that.
Thank you Safiya for the shout out, and for shining a light on historical interpreters and tradespeople! 😍
SO happy you got a shoutout in her video! I love your work.
So happy Saf knew about your work and your fun and informative videos!
I was so excited to see you featured here Cheyney! Much love from Michaela Desimone from Keeler Tavern 🥰
Subbed!
I love your videos! It seems like time-travel!
So there’s a candle company that has a scent for every us state. She should combine all 50 states to find the scent of America. It’s called homesick candles! Copy and paste if you agree and want her to do this!!!
lmao she better be paid cause that would be a litteral ad
wowowowoowowowow WOAH
Homesick candles are SOO EXPENSIVE THOUGH!!!
Dude that's a really cool idea!
Marylands scent is prob freaking old bay
I can't imagine how hard it would be to decide to take on a re-enactment role of an enslaved person. The history needs to be remembered though and the culture that was born through such pain and suffering. Mad respect to these people that take on these roles.
It's less of a burden to take on and more of an honor to show the strength of the people in that time. That way we can understand and appreciate the strength that we have now. A whole culture of people lived and worked and created families in a time that they were demeaned and abused. And then survived, and inspired movements and laws to change and colored people in our government. My mother played the first educated slave in a reenactment museum like this and there was so much power in the lessons that she taught people. How in America, even now, you can do anything.
@Michaela Jordan Nah it can definitely be a burden. Some guests are disrespectful and use the reenactment opportunity to be rude and dehumanize slave and working class reenactors.
@chocotasties that's true, but people are ignorant everywhere about everything. Teachers get made fun of, but they still know they have a job to do. I would rather people be educated and rude then uneducated and oblivious because at least if they know then there's no other reason for them being rude then them just being a disrespectful person. And I promise you most actors like myself and my family, don't care about the opinions of ignorant people
Yes, as well as the lands that belonged to Indigenous Peoples that everyone is THRIVING on. While we Died and struggled, to today.
Thank you @Safiya Nygaard for mentioning this once in this video.
Cheyney McKnight (ex-CW interpreter) has a great video about just this. She loves doing interpretation about the lives of enslaved people but she had to quit CW because of the emotional toll and harassment and disrespect from guests
As a lover of history, historical fashion, and museum, I cannot described how jealous I am.
I’m not even that much of a lover, more like an average enjoyer, but even I’m jealous
i love museum
Even though I'm not a history buff/expert I've always gravitate towards the fashion aspect of it. I wouldn't mind at all going there as part of a vacation it's very fascinating ❤!
Same
@PlagueDoctor love your username hun😂😘
Safiya should’ve been invited to the 2022 met gala
Yes
She would steal the runway
Frfr, her and Billie Eilish would be the only ones who would fit the theme
The background crab walk at 27:38 absolutely destroyed me.
This entire collaboration was such a delight and worth the wait!
I was searching the comments to see if anyone else noticed that.
I would’ve commented my own timestamp if I didn’t see this comment soon 😆
@Lifealope Why wouldn't other people notice it?
@English at Heart Cause its kinda in the background and is not really adressed.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE SEEN THAT 😂💀
Blown away by how thoughtful your explanation of understanding the context of history was at the beginning. Will always be impressed by your integrity and intellect - you’re such a valuable and unique voice on ESclips.
Same thoughts during the intro.
i was a boy. they were 138 girls. can i make it any more obvious? thats right, i had a crazy dream last night. HAHAHAHAHA!!! im the funniest youtube star ever. youre welcome for laughing dear j3n
I have always been tempted to visit but the historical context discussed always bothered me...interestingly this has given food 4 thought
I concur. It was incredibly eloquent and something I have thought about a lot as someone who traveled to a lot of these places as a home school kid.
The historian in me was so excited to see time given to this context! Thank you Safiya and Tyler for this thoughtful move.
Im native american but can say, i love the fashion from then as well.. it was an aweful time period for our people but its our history. We cant change that. So we embrace it.
Natives are forever grateful towards my life and family
We forever respect you all :)
Every race has gone through an awful period, every nation, even tribal natives to other tribes as well...everyone has sin in their past. I have Sioux in my blood also Jewish in my blood, along with all sorts of European but of course that doesn't matter my European blood, cuz somehow they are untouched(which they aren't untouched)but society lets me mention the past of my POC ancestors and their oppression, but guess what I wasn't there, neither was you, so why should I allow it to bug me to a point I have to mention it while enjoying learning about things I like from the past?
@totesmegoats crystal You can't tell facts in today's society. Just like you can't point out that every race has enslaved (including black people, as Africa was enslaving its own people long before anyone else did, and they're the ones who sold/traded their own people to others), and every race has been enslaved (including white people). You can't point out how Native Americans suffered way worse in the US than other races, you can't point out how every race has racists in it and every race can experience racism. People refuse to acknowledge any history that shows that white people aren't the only ones to commit atrocities and have suffered atrocities themselves. We should of course acknowledge the horrible things that have happened throughout history, but all of it should be acknowledged and taught, not just specific areas.
@English at Heart OK so this is a out peeve and I don't want to get deep into politics but
African slavery was really different than American slavery. In African slavery slaves could make their own money and buy their freedom, and often if you were a slave it was because of debts you owed and could hopefully one day pay off.
And historically everyone was a slave, or at least there were a few people who felt they owned everyone else. Mideveal Europen lords taking your taxes and your crops was nothing like what America did.
Slavery is always wrong, but what old Americans did was not the usual sort of wrong.
You know Abby is a fan when she says the word "Murkin" in front of Safiya. Gosh I love her for that.
It’s the cutest thing really. She is such a fan
Just a neat little thing I’d love to mention! As someone who’s worked at the Renaissance Festival before, we have a somewhat very similar way of running things! No modern words, many hot layers, and no modern technologies or inventions in sight (my cloak helped with hiding SO much “contraband”!). Everything is just in the Elizabethan period, so just a hundred or two hundred years older than Colonial Williamsburg! It’s such a fun place to work and everything that happens between the cast is always story-worthy! You should totally make a video on visiting a Renaissance Festival sometime soon!
Well met! I too am a retired Rennie and got a giggle out of the similarities of the situation.
yes! i'm a faire brat raised by rennies, and am always hiding contraband in my boots or my cloak lol. my favorite thing is making up silly faire names for objects; magic sundial = watch, box of fairies = fan in the booth, scrying mirror = phone etc.
UP UP SO SAF CAN SEE THIS
I appreciate how thoughtful you are about contextualising historical fashion. I love fashion history and sewing, but i see so many people refusing to acknowledge the economic disparity and slavery without being so aggressively defensive.
Great video as always saf!
Exactly! I'm glad you agree, I've seen some nasty comments around, which is kind of unusual on Safiya's channel. As she said herself, we can appreciate vintage clothing without conforming to the vintage values
How did it take me this long to know that Safiya's mom was from India?! That's so cool! The pictures of your mom and dad together are so sweet
Yup! Danish and Indian!
I didn’t realize either. When Tyler said she looks like her mother it hit me that she absolutely looks Indian
I think she mentioned in her "dressing like it's 1967" video that the 1960s evening gown she wore belonged to her grandmother back in India. Her great uncle was in the United States and sent back fabric and a pattern so she could take it to a tailor to get it stitched. (Which was common for a lot of Indians who wore American/European clothing at the time. My grandmother did the same thing but she got her patterns from family in Australia)
She had a video back in buzzfeed days about learning how to drape a saree- being half indian and such
Alternate title: Tyler following Safiya and her new friends back in time.
Exposing The Lies 😂
YOOOO SHE LIKED MY COMMENT LESSS GOO!!! Been subbed for years☺️
Aka - Outlander.
Lol
I genuinely think that Safiya and Tyler make some of the highest quality ESclips videos on the platform. Amazing videography, creative editing, supplementary visuals, acknowledgement of historical context, and so much more. Their videos never fail to blow me away. They’re also highly rewatchable and still engaging after the third and fourth watch.
Thank you (and your team) for all the hard work you put into creating this content!
I’ve watched this maybe 120 times 😅but I love it more each time. As for every video really. I showed my grandmother her historical wedding dress video and she loved it sooo much.
Tbh this could pass as behind the scene for 2022 Met Gala's and I won't be mad
Met gala could never honestly
wrong decade but Safiya would’ve done so well if she was invited
it’s 100 years too early, but i have no doubt safiya would have done amazing at the met
Definitely closer to the 2022 theme then the majority of those actually at the event
It would still be the wrong time period for the met gala theme but it’s a whole lot closer to the theme than what the actual attendees did
As someone who was born and raised in Williamsburg, had friends who were junior interpreters, dated someone in the fife and drum, the whole nine yards, this is the best video to come across. I really appreciate someone who loves my home town lol
How much Tyler loves Saf is cute and all.. But the way he gets into her nerdy fantasies is beyond amazing
I have never been this jealous of anyone. What I wouldn't pay to hang out with Abby & Nicole and get custom-made Nicole shoes. Like DUDE.
On Wednesdays we wear ye Clokes o' carnation Velvett 💅
Salutations Bernadette! The costubers are truly all here 😄💚
Of course it’s you leaving sassy adorable comments! ✨💖✨
I have been looking for the one I made for my daughter to be L R R H for Halloween when she was 15. Made of pink carnation silk velvet... I need to wear it for my own costume now! Where did it go? ? You've reminded me of it's glory!
the crossover we needed but don't deserve 😍
Yaaaas!!!
My parents were professional colonial re-enactors and this brought back sooo many memories! From the age of 3-13 I would go with them to all sorts of locations around the US and Canada. We made all our own clothes, using authentic patterns and materials, and being that I was a kid when they started, I got to experience a wide range of outfits from little girl style to the more grown-up garments that a teenager would have worn. When we were doing a show, we would literally camp out in the exact style of tents that they would have used during the American revolution, and we would cook on an open hearth outside, making recipes from the times. (They’re actually pretty tasty!) We camped out at Williamsburg several times and I remember our tent was right in that green you showed in this video! Such good times.
Also, yes my dad is a history buff and he absolutely had a Gettysburg phase when I was a late teenager/in college! We used to go every summer! I’ve seen civil war battlefields all over the country lol
Oh my goodness! When our children were young, we took them to Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown several times. (I taught them history during those years using the American Girls books and resources as part of our curriculum!) Cutest thing was that my eldest were about nine years old- boy/girl twins. She wore the Felicity costume during our touring day(s) and he enthusiastically joined in on the “Felicity’s Tour”. We were with another brother/sister pair of similar age, and while the other boy was hanging back in embarrassment, our son joined in on the sewing of a pin cushion, learning to dance 18th century dances, and taking tea. When touring, our guide asked us why there were ladders leaning on the houses. History son (who had been listening to the Felicity books) said, “because they needed to be able to stop fires that a chimney’s spark might drop onto the thatched roof!” He surprised us all and made such a fun memory for me. He’s all-guy- ex Minor League Baseball player, but still loves to learn. And sister? She’s now teaching 2nd grade- the age she was when being taught and touring Williamsburg, VA. Thank you for letting me share and for bringing up these wonderful memories!
That is adorable on so many levels. Thank you for sharing a feel good story, no doubt a treasured memory. Have a nice day everyone 😊
"I invoke the right of parley." & "It has pockets." My two favorite quotes from this video! Hahahaha!
Next, please get a Victorian makeover! It would suit you so great and I love your style/makeover videos!
Tyler's comedy is top-tier in this video 💕🥰
the fact that Safiya still managed to fit the color black into her outfit is insane
It's honestly impressive. Can't say she isn't dedicated!
When there's a will Safiya finds a way
You should watch Abby Cox’s video: I took Safiya Nygaard to study 1700s gowns & stays at Colonial Williamsburg!
There’s a black dress in the collection that’s pretty neat.
How? Black is a prominent color. It isn't hard to find articles of period clothing that have the color black.
Nicole scuddling like a crab sent me 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️ I wanna see the two of you together again soon
I think that this is my favorite video you’ve ever done. I grew up in Williamsburg, and was a junior interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg for three years (junior interpreters are middle and high school age volunteers and the application process is intense). This was such a blast from the past for me! The last time I saw the inside of the costume warehouse was when I turned in my costume three days before I moved away. My 7th grade history teacher used to be the blacksmith. I used to carry all my contraband in my folded up apron, and my mom and I used to stop in that Wawa on our way home! This video was so much fun for me. A few differences in experience: my shoes for my costume were a similar design, but leather, not wool. My costume was meant to be a poorer person than your costume because of the house I worked in, so I didn’t have to wear stays or petticoats, just a cotton shirt that went over my shift and a cotton or wool skirt depending on season. They didn’t make us pomade our hair (thank god) and the break room was stocked with Gatorade (or hot chocolate, depending on the season) to pour in our official-issue colonial mugs and some pretty unhealthy snacks. It was such a fun experience for me that I’m so grateful for, and I’m glad you had such a good time too!!
I appreciate you taking time to emphasize the crimes committed against various people because that is also a part of history and not just the intersting fashion elements. I have to agree with Tyler about you killing it, granny vibes and all.
One of my favorite videos you have ever done. I LOVE both "Not Your Mammas History" and "Nicole Rudolph" so much. It's amazing you got to work with them!
You lived the 12 year old me’s life dream to get to have a Colonial Williamsburg makeover! Must have been a tween girl in the mid-2000s thing (all the American Girl and Dear America books must have played a part!)
I think it’s a universal tween girl dream. I am from Denmark, and I definitely had the same urge to dress in 18th century fashion
This was such a fun time and I can’t wait to hang out and plot more historical clothing shenanigans with you 😭❤️🎉
Same!
The crossover of the {18th) century!! ✨✨
I for one am for said shenanigans!
333rd like woah
Would love if you guys did a workshop in Portugal!
I adore you! Started with the wedding videos as I am getting married in June and they just popped up. Then I got hooked on your Asian tour and totally loved the McDonald's wedding video. You are so funny and eclectic in the best of ways. Seeing you and Tyler together is beautiful, you two are so made for each other. I'm sorry to hear about your cat. I'm close to 60 in age, so I might not be typical, but who knows, of most of your subscribers. You just make my day.
how was your wedding!!
safiya should’ve been invited to the met gala
This reminds me of this years theme for the met gala. If some A list celebs cant do it right, at least Safiya can
Being the island, in a sea of family members that do not thrill at all with any kind of cerebral learning vacation, I thank you for this. I am literally lying in my bed as a severe storm moves in, allowing myself to enjoy being transported to Williamsburg and experience it through your journey. I love your witty intelligence and the thought you put into your videos . I feel as if I come away with having learned, but feeling light-hearted, as opposed to stamped on.
Keep them coming girl!...except you might want the panties back on first😉
Safiya saying “colonial Williamsburg” would be a dangerous drinking game.
Ooooh! This is nice!
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Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who believes in him and follows his commandants!
Have a blessed day, everyone! ❤
Mwahaha!
Safiya is not at all responsible for any poisonings via alcohol incurred from reckless drinking games 👩⚖️
I love how safiya doesn't care what people say she wears what she want and do what she wants
Tyler loves her so much, we would all be incredibly lucky to have a Tyler in our lives. 😢
she should have been invited to the met gala
Is it a bad thing that I wanna wear a medieval gown to prom? I mean… I don’t really care if people think that’s weird. It’s my dream and now I need to find a way to make it reality
My father was the very excited, proud, immigrant. Yeah, we visited historically significant sights!!!
Safiya’s full outfit, hat & shawl/cape, does sort of look like if little red riding hood grew up to be a courtiers poison maker.
It’s a vibe and I love it
This is an excellent description and I applaud you.
Perfect description.
I could never thought of better description
Aquatofanaaaaa....
Now we need a collab with Micarah Tewers where they make historical dresses/outfits out of bed sheets and old prom dresses
Wish we had more huge open air museums like this in Australia! I'll definitely make sure to go one day
I volunteered at the Phillip Foster Farm in Oregon for a couple years as part of my school program. The amount of fun I had, memories I made and skills I picked up is invaluable to me. So glad you had a wonderful time I would recommend this kind of experience to anyone 😊
Your commentary, inclusion, and highlighting of the African American experience, as well as the makers and historians gave me so much joy,
I love this look actually ^u^ There's a way historical outfits can still look appealing in today's world. Just because they are out of style, doesn't' mean they're not pretty. I also wanna see Safiya go back even FURTHER in time... medieval time next!
I think them having functional, spacious pockets already increased their appeal exponentially. Also, I think you'll love the historybounding community
Safiya does love the medieval sleeves
This video was so special with Nicole and Abby as your guides! What a way to collab. Nicole's shoes were fabulous and Abby helped so much with your hair and makeup. Did anyone recognize you?
I'm the daughter of an English and History teacher, so I can definitely relate to being in an American Girl phase while my father was in a Gettysburg phase 😆 He watched Ken Burns' documentary about the Civil War and I read Meet Addy lol
This was more on theme for the Met Gala than more of the celebs 🤣
As a subscriber of all your channels (yours obv., Abby Cox's, Nicole Rudolphs's and NotYourmamasHistory's) I am so happy to see this. I am huge historical fashion/lifestyle enthusiast
wow, a youtuber who acknowledges anything 1700 including the lives of the poor or enslaved people during the period and eductate the viewers about their everyday lives. not suprising for a queen like saf
All the people she mentioned and worked with in the video who are also on ESclips talk about that stuff too. Abby Cox has some downright fascinating videos about feminist issues as well.
No because every single joke Tyler just casually dropped made me GASP for air laughing every single time lmao
PROPS for the intro and explanation about the value of fashion and not dismissing all the facets of the history behind it.
To me the smell of a Colonial Williamsburg gift shop is Leather, paper, and some specific type of maybe lye treated wood? So good. Hope you took some good whiffs for us.
I LOVE these sorts of collabs. This is fantastic!
The amount of description of stays and comparing them to a bra is magical to me. Thank you for actually caring about that important chunk of accuracy.
27:37. There is just something about a full grown lady acting like a crab in colonial Williamsburg attire that really cracks a girl up 💀
Hahha I didn't even notice that omg I love it
I loved that part!
AND IT WASNT EVEN SAF
I saw this comment before I watched the video and 100% thought it was our girl saf lol. im shocked LOL
i had to pause when i saw thattt
I actually want to see you dress in folk clothes/traditional clothes of your ancestry. It'd be so good. Love you btw🖤🖤
The culmination of all the references makes this one of the most satisfying Safiya videos ever.
Hey idk why you rarely update here, but I want to say that I really enjoy your channel and appreciate your effort in editing it.
I really want for the decades series to keep going 🤣 once you reach 1907 you could start going back by century 🤩 I just love the whole transformation and valuable info you provide in all of these videos.
I cannot express how much I've missed half hour chunks of Saf and Ty talking about very interesting things. I know it's a lot more work than the livestream, and I enjoy those too, but I have ADHD and the short videos with facts packed in really speak to me. I also am FASCINATED with fashion history. This was WONDERFUL.
OMG same brain struggles! These shorter videos are worth the wait. 👍🏼🥰
Sameeeee. I loveeeee.
Same! I do so much better with these videos. Lives have too many pauses that set my ADHD off and to a new world
I loved the looks of the fancy dresses from pretty much anything 1930s and earlier, but never thought I was interested in fashion history UNTIL I started watching this channel.
Honestly, it's like Magic School Bus for adults if it focussed on clothing instead of science
Okay that is pretty neat! I like that you do tell a lot about the clothes and how they fit because it's important for everyone to know that stays are not really a hindrance, as people used to do work in them. Amazing that these awesome ladies took the time to make you fitting shoes and clothes! I do living history myself, in Europe, and make a lot of my own clothing, so I know it is a LOT of work. And you look great in them! Great vid :D
So happy to see this finally come full circle cuz..I only know of this place through you and you are the reason this place exists as far as I'm concerned.
So happy you finally made it back and I hope there are more visits to come!
I love that you added the historical part- our history includes people of color in very direct and involved ways and we often forget that beyond easily. And we shouldn’t. We literally built it on their bones. And though we’ve grown past that in a lot of ways, though definitely not all, it cannot be repeated or forgotten. And therefore must be spoken of
i adore stays/corsets. I currently wear corsets as I don’t wear period outfits for the time being. They’re like weighted blankets. They make me feel safe and give my brain dopamine literally. Plus good spine support, helps my back feel so much better. I love wearing underbust corsets as personally it feels I have more range of movement and I can currently wear modern bras
Safiya and Tyler should visit Texas and attend Scarborough Fair. I know it’s not very historical considering it’s a renaissance festival and is both fantasy and medieval times, it’s still pretty cool in terms of well… a lot, I’d love to see a video like this but Scarborough
This video brought such a smile to my face. You would enjoy the conferences and events during the year Williamsburg. Katharine Pittman routinely "plays" or "character acts" as Young Martha Washington.
Safiya found her people in this video - Abbe, Nicole, and Cheyney matched her energy and enthusiasm perfectly✨ history nerd girls for the win👏🏻
My thoughts exactly!!!!
I was thinking the same thing!! They fit together so well
I hope she does separate videos going into more detail of each activity she got to do. Kinda like the Japan series
I would love to see you explore the historical fashion from different cultures, researching the significance of the pieces.
I hope Abby and Nicole get more subs. Thank you Saf for featuring them. They are amazing.
Hey Safiya, I was just wondering if you maybe could do a video like «I got an 1810s makeover». You know like Bridgerton style. Their fashion at that time was so interesting and I would love to learn more about it.
Also Ty didn’t even have to look up at her to agree that Saf looked like her mom. It’s that instant YES THATS IT moment with the “OH MY GOD YOU DO.”
I am just so overjoyed that Saf finally got to live out her CW fantasies! Honestly, this video makes me so happy!!
I watch your videos quite often, and you talk about this place so often that when i was in Virginia for a wedding, when my grandparents mentioned we were nearby, i instantly asked if we could go. we did, and it was awesome.
I've recently become so interested in historical fashion and.. life? or Eastern USA and Europe (tbh idk why, but maybe my European ancestors are calling to me lmao) and this is definitely one thing I'd like to do when I visit the east coast one day! :D Thanks so much for the awesome video Safiya!
such a well made and fun video!!!!! thanks y'all
"You can appreciate vintage style without idealing vintage values" YES THANK YOU QUEEN
So much yesssss!
Something that few people give much thought to is what constituted lavatory facilities during this period, and once you know the complexities of getting into (and out of) these dresses, you may have a better understanding of why "briefs" of any description were not part of the ensemble.
We have the Genesee Country Museum by where I live and it’s like this!! Feel like you’re transported in time and all the employees are dressed in appropriate attire. You get to see them sew, make ceramics, farming, cooking, etc.
I don’t know if you would ever consider expanding this series, but I would be so curious what you’d come up with if you researched and reproduced fashions, beauty, and hairstyles from other time periods. I’m thinking ye olden times like ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Tudorian England, etc.
23:35 reminds me of the summers I would be a first person interpreter in Philadelphia's historic district, wearing colonial garb, acting like American Independence was a brand new thing. Posing for portraits, directing people to where the nearest "indoor privy" was located.
I can feel my Felicity obsession reawakening because of this video
I am so happy that you also love history. I have visited Williamsburg a few years ago and it was lovely
I'm literally crying at the shout out of historical context. It was beautifully done. Genuinely I cringe at how praised this era is while glossing over the horrendous realities of it. But it is also a key part of our (all Americans) history and culture that deserves to be explored. Context is key. And Adding that context made this video feel so safe to watch. Great Job guys👍🏾
this looks like it was sooo fun!
I'll bet you all had the best Birkenstocks growing up. Hope you enjoyed Epcot.
Safiya soooo Jelous looks like so much fun definitely living vicariously and i feel you as a fellow teacher/prof child this is fun for us
also got some Gaston vibes from tyler in the jacket in the millinars
fun fact: similar to colonial shoes, pointe shoes (the hard ones ballet dancers wear) are also not made for a left or right foot specially and are broken in for each foot as they’re worn!
Thank you! I learned something new :)
Yes! And they can be switched to last longer in the toes
If only pointe shoes lasted as long as colonial shoes...
@ryebread375 _ oh shit i didn’t know that! i mean i don’t think mine personally could be bc my fitter made some foot-specific adjustments to each shoe but for ppl who go through them fast that’s handy
@Ada Muffoletto mine i’ve had since december, then again i only do pointe once a week and it’s my first pair
So fun!! My husband I honeymooned at Colonial Willamsburg. We both have history degrees with emphasis in early America so it was a perfect choice for us.
Great video. Nicole crabbing around in the background had me ROLLING. We're in the middle of moving to VA from TX, and Colonial Williamsburg is high on the weekend road trip list!
I loved this! I was hoping to see Tyler decked out in 18th century attire!
i constantly rewatch this video but I finally went to colonial Williamsburg it was so cool !!! I absolutely love US history and got to talk w Lafayette he was so freaking cool
This was great! Really into period clothing and history. So much enjoyed your video, quite an education. I always thought stays were the reeds or whale bone that was inserted into the corset to help it keep its' stiff shape. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
Saf being exasperated at Tyler's bad jokes is seriously the best representation of long term relationships I've ever seen
That was definitely among my favorite parts in this video! 😂
😁 I'm so happy you brought up Libby's Kids and The American Girl books. They were my absolute favorite! Especially how most people I know don't know about The American Girl books 🙁
You are stunning in every era! :-) glad to have you back!
Living in Philadelphia, less than fifteen blocks from the historic district, has definitely painted much of my own appreciation for history. As a child, we would naturally go on field trips to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. But I didn't really gravitate to Colonial American history until adulthood. Incidentally, it was the fashion and hair of the French court - particularly during the reign of Marie-Antoinette, that sent me towards looking at how a backwater city like Philadelphia was doing during those decades. Noting how the styles would arrive in the American colonies several months after they were worn in Europe does show why the British might as viewed us as the 'country cousins.' I also learned about the many struggles that non-Europeans endured, as well as their moments of success. In Philadelphia there was a man named James Forten, a black business owner, who is said to have owned the first integrated business with people of all races working at his famed sail loft. He was there in the crowd when the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud on the steps of Independence Hall and he argued against African-Americans returning to Africa as he believed in and fought for this country just as fiercely as those around him. So much history in a short span of time.
This is fucking epic! As a kid who went there all the time, in addition to every historic learning location on the eastern seaboard, this was so relatable! Great work Saf and Tyler