Clothing and fashion

784 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it. Page 14 of 14.

781. Beards grow when dihydrotestosterone wakes facial folliclesA beard is hair on the jaw, chin, lips, cheeks and neck, grown mostly by adult men, though some women develop one through a condition called hirsutism. Societies have prized it as…
782. Belts hold trousers up and once doubled as weaponsA belt is a flexible strap of leather, plastic, or cloth worn at or near the waist to secure clothes, carry tools, or shape a silhouette. Loops on garments guide it; a keeper loop…
783. Early boots were separate pieces strapped into ankle armorBoots cover the foot and ankle, sometimes rising to the knee or even the hip, for weather, work or style, and most have a heel distinct from the sole. The first ones were separate…
784. A nineteen-year-old patented the modern brassiere in 1914Ancient Greek and Roman women already bound their breasts for support, yet the modern bra is credited to nineteen-year-old Mary Phelps Jacob, who stitched one from two handkerchie…

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