Hi! It's this time of the year again
No - I'm speaking Polish.
So if you do not speak Polish
please turn the subtitles on right now
and enjoy the rest of the video
Hi! I'm back after not speaking Polish for a year
In videos that is, in real life I sometimes do speak some Polish
I'm back for the very same reason
I started speaking to you in my mother-tongue
the last time, which is
I wrote a book
and it's in Polish, so those of you
reading this in the subtitles right now
and don't know what I'm saying, but can guess thanks to the subtitles
- unfortunately it's not in English.
Because it's in Polish, therefore it's not in English.
But those are good news for those listening to this in Polish right now!
Wow, having an international audience is difficult.
My last book was about Polish fashion history in the 20th century
while this one
is about fashion revolutions
(that's literally the title)
So what is it about?
It's about events in fashion history
that changed fashion or pushed it forward
or somehow had an effect on what we wear nowadays.
So these are mostly people, inventions, trends
that revolutionized the fashion world
but on the other hand
it's the history of the basics that we use today
For example, the history of jeans,
of women's trousers in general, high heels,
history of women's bags,
As previously it's going to feature lots of illustrations form various eras
but unlikely the previous book
this one discusses different eras and centuries
from ancient times, to the...
Maybe not modern times... or maybe a little.
It's obviously not an encyclopedia of everything that happened
in fashion, but rather selected
moments that I thought might be interesting
and could be called
a "fashion revolution"
So of course we have lots of illustrations from various eras,
portraits, magazine excerpts etc.,
but we also added some modern pics
and had fun playing with the "oh-so-historical" theme
So we have the usual thing
which is me being an idiot
SHuT uPpP
This is my unfinished dress by the way
but I'm not telling you what it is, yet
So we also have the modern pictures.
Of course taking those photos was messy as always
because while the last time I had to change for each 20th century decade
one by one, and two outfits for each
this time I had outfits from different eras
So I had, let's say, a 19th century dress,
and then an early 20th century one,
and then an 18th century one,
and then something modern...
It's funny how because I dress "retro style" on a daily basis
for this photoshoot I literally had to borrow modern clothes from people.
Because I didn't have... ok, I had jeans
that were 1940s reproductions because I thought
"Well, I can pretend these are modern wide pants right"
But things like a tank top
This photoshoot was interesting because this time
the outfits were multilayered, but also
the photos required me to do a lot of weird stuff
For example, there's this pic where I'm showing two different shoes
one of them 18th century style, the other modern
and I'm also wearing a stocking on one leg
an 18th century style one
and on the other leg I'm wearing jeans
So I had to put jeans on one leg
and a stocking on the other leg and keep my legs up
and stay this way until Aga Rzymek, the photographer, snapped the pic
Or at some point I was wearing
and 18th century jacket and a cap
and a fichu, and I mean, everything was super properly historical
but I was also still wearing jeans from the photos we just did
because it was a portrait and you couldn't tell anyway
What can I say, it was fun and I hope you can see that in the book
What else can I tell you about the content...
I need to remember what else is in there because
it's been a while since I read it
But there are of course some iconic figures
in fashion history, there are
iconic dresses, I mean outfits
that were memorable and
we keep coming back to them
And if you'd like to order the book
in the pre-order sale
it just so happens that I have the right link for you
in this video's description
and you can order it now. The book is out
on the twentiet-
On the 25th of November
and if you order it now,
you get a discount
And if you're abroad
(I'm just checking stuff here)
If you're abroad and you'd like to order
I'll also give you a link for that in the description
Again hi to all to foreign viewers
reading this in the subtitles
Y'all can order the book using the link in the description
and you get free shipping with the promo code.
Select countries only, but still.
So I wholeheartedly encourage you to do it
We'll probably have some meet-ups in December
in some Polish cities, so get ready for that
And you'll get to be cringey and greet me with "Meme mom" or whatever
So I invite you to that too
I'll let you know the details
on my Instagram, and perhaps Facebook too (PL only)
I'm not sure if you can see, but it's again double me on the cover
just like the last one
And I really like this picture because
I discovered that I really love the 1850s
and I wish I could dress like that everyday
But that's really off-topic and is not book-related at all
The book
Pre-order
*clap* It's gonna be fun
And to my English viewers thank you for your patience
and you can get the book as I said
even though it's in Polish, but you can still get it
You can cut out the pictures
Please don't do that
Cześć, see ya!