0:00:10 > 0:00:12ALL: Hi!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17- I'm Beattie.- I'm Eleanor. - I'm Camille.- And I'm Rose.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18We're always super-cool.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Ooh, yeah, super-trendy!
0:00:21 > 0:00:24We're pretty much the freshest cats in town.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27OK... You're all ridiculous!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29We're not. We're comedians.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Comedians that are super-cool and trend-setting.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34That's enough! We've actually got a serious point to make here.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Body image is something that affects all of us.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Time for some myth-busting.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43We've discovered that body image isn't just a 21st century obsession.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48No, people have been worrying and messing about with their bodies and clothes for years.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50So we're here at Bristol Costume Services
0:00:50 > 0:00:53to take a look at body image through history.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55What?!
0:00:55 > 0:00:58There's, like, 60,000 outfits here!
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Welcome to our Hideous Histories!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Ahhhh...!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Well, here we are in the Elizabethan era. That's Liz I, not Liz II.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14- WITH EXAGGERATED LISP:- Yeth. I'm the quintethenthial Elithabethan.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17All big farthingales and wuffs!
0:01:17 > 0:01:19'Did you say ruffs or roughs?'
0:01:19 > 0:01:21OFF WITH HER HEAD!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm here to tell you about a brand new tooth product.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29We all know that having black teeth is all the rage,
0:01:29 > 0:01:35but don't worry if you can't afford all that delicious teeth-rotting sugar.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Now you can cheat! Use new coal black.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44And you too can get that blacker than black tooth look.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Available from all good fireplaces everywhere.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54'That's pretty gross!'
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But maybe it's no worse than all the chemicals and bleaches
0:01:58 > 0:02:01we put on our teeth now to keep them super-white.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13We Georgians know a thing or two about beauty.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I wouldn't dream of leaving the house for a night out
0:02:15 > 0:02:19without my powdered wig, which the birds seem to love.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21And the ladies rather like it too!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Don't you just love my whiter-than-white complexion?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I actually use a mixture of vinegar and poisonous lead to achieve this.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32'That looks and sounds slightly deadly.'
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Oh, yah. I'm totally on the verge of death, but don't I look great?
0:02:36 > 0:02:40As fashion icons, we're here to tell you about the latest thing on the market.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43'Go on, then, icons!'
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Well, as everyone knows,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49the best thing to cover your pox scars is good old mouse skin.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50We've known it for years.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55But now you can get even more out of your rodent - mouse brows!
0:02:55 > 0:03:02- For that bigger brow look. - George, they are just adorable...!
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Thanks.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04SQUEAKING
0:03:04 > 0:03:05SQUEAKING STOPS
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Tighter, Mary! Tighter!
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Nobody's going to take me seriously unless I've got a three-inch waist!
0:03:17 > 0:03:18OK, breathe in!
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Oh, my goodness! Oh, me lady!
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Oh, I told you it was too soon after the operation.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Oh...! Greetings, dear audience. Wait...
0:03:34 > 0:03:39I'm here to tell you how to get the perfect hourglass figure.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Just like mine!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Go for the surgical solution. I've had my lower ribs removed.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Which, although it's a little risky...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52'Ah, "risky"? That sounds ever so slightly...life-threatening!
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Oh, please, be quiet! It was worth every guinea.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Got more money than sense, her. She used MY WAGES to pay for it!
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Mary! Get back downstairs!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11So, there you have it, ladies - no pain, no gain!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14So for just the price of a servant -
0:04:14 > 0:04:17and a month or two in bed feeling terrible -
0:04:17 > 0:04:21you can have the perfect hourglass figure.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27What is it that makes women and men risk their health
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and even their lives to achieve unobtainable perfection?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33These fashion fads are just that. Fads.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37They seem to come and go so quickly. Particularly in more recent times.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41CHARLESTON MUSIC
0:04:47 > 0:04:49The Victorian period is SO last century!
0:04:49 > 0:04:54No more hourglass figures now! Oh, no! No, no, no, no!
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I'm a 20th century gal and the flapper... flatter the better!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00'Flapper/flatter...?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04'Oh, my god, that is one of the worst puns in history!'
0:05:04 > 0:05:07So, let me give you some top tips
0:05:07 > 0:05:10for getting that boyish figure everyone seems to love now.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What I do is strap down my chest
0:05:13 > 0:05:17and constantly do the Charleston to burn off all the calories!
0:05:24 > 0:05:27# Happy birthday to you
0:05:28 > 0:05:32# Happy birthday to you
0:05:32 > 0:05:38# Happy birthday, Mr President
0:05:38 > 0:05:40# Happy birth... #
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Oh. Hello.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46You could me practising for the big party for Teddy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47That's President Kennedy to you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Anyway, honeys, it's the 1950s and a lot can change in 30 years.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Now curves are current.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58So, let them eat cake!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'Wasn't that Marie Antoinette's line?'
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And boobs are back, too!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06You can look like me, but it'll cost ya.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09And it's quite uncomfy. # Boo boob-y-doo! #
0:06:09 > 0:06:11SHE GIGGLES
0:06:12 > 0:06:15# Prince Charming! Prince Charming!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19# Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
0:06:19 > 0:06:21# Prince Charming!
0:06:21 > 0:06:22# Prince Charming
0:06:22 > 0:06:26# Ridicule is nothing to be scared of. #
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Justin Bieber eat your heart out!
0:06:28 > 0:06:33This is the 1980s, and we really know about big hair for boys.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35And that's not all.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37If you wanna make out with the girls,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39you got to make-up for the girls!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Are you a dedicated follower of fashion?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Has the fickle finger of fashion fate pointed at you?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Is fashion your absolute passion?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Is...fashion your absolute passion?
0:06:56 > 0:06:57I just said that!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Maybe it's time to look back at these hideous histories and think again.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04In a few years, we might look back at what we consider beautiful now and laugh.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Like we just did with those blasts from the past.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08We're gonna be SOOO last century!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Yeah, because it'll probably seem quite ridiculous
0:07:11 > 0:07:14when we think about how people would sit under sunbeds to turn skin orange.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Or how we used all those chemicals to whiten our teeth?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Or used steroids to pump up our pecs.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23And pumped silicone into our breasts.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25All in the name of beauty!
0:07:25 > 0:07:27ALL: Bye!
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