I Got An 18th Century Makeover
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
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Colonial Williamsburg resources -
3D Tour of the Peyton Randolph House: virtualtours.colonialwilliams...
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slaveryandremembrance.org/par...
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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.
@@mak710 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!
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!!!
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.
@@michaelajordan4189 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
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
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 KZhead.
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
The historian in me was so excited to see time given to this context! Thank you Safiya and Tyler for this thoughtful move.
Couldn’t agree more!
Safiya should’ve been invited to the 2022 met gala
They don't deserve her.
Yes
She would steal the runway
@@erinnichols4866 She would be the runway.
Frfr, her and Billie Eilish would be the only ones who would fit the theme
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😂😘
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
Safiya saying “colonial Williamsburg” would be a dangerous drinking game.
Ooooh! This is nice!
Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless them! 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 👩⚖️
@@iwillsmiteyall hahaha
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
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.
@englishatheart lol I've seen you replying in many comments just whining, complaining, being offended, and miserable. Stop replying if you're going to be so damn miserable and annoying to people who share their opinions without hurting you or anyone bruh like damn. Saf LOVES black and op was just pointing that out dude damn.
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 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
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 :)
We cannot keep living with a victim mentality that’s exactly what the government wants so they can be able to manipulate us, they do it for division. We are all immigrants in the country that’s what’s the beauty of it because of all cultures.
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?
@@totesmegoatscrystal9688 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.
@@englishatheart 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.
Vintage clothing, not vintage values! YES! One of my favorite people says "if I want to look and dress like a 1959s housewife while simultaneously acting the exact opposite then that's my perogative"
@@roseg2239 did you stretch before you made that leap???? CLOTHING has nothing to do with the values of the person. Clothing is societal and everyone in the past wore these clothes. If you can't see a difference between clothing and morals you need help. And don't you DARE make that comparison to me again. I like wearing 1950s clothes. I'm not a n@zi. My cousin was in Auschwitz. I know all too well the horrors they committed. I listen and I learn and I try to do better every day. HOW I DRESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
Rachel Maksy made a video on this! She got so many people on to say this kind of thing. I loved it. It's called "Born in the Wrong Era" & Other Misconceptions about Dressing Vintage.
Some vintage values are bad but there were also alot of people that were good people with good values, just like today and every nation and race has bad past too, some things are still going on but hidden. Vintage values can also be good, why not shine a light of the good values a lot of people had, like family values, hard work, life skills, modesty, helping elderly, etc....there was alot of good people too and good things in our past too.
No because every single joke Tyler just casually dropped made me GASP for air laughing every single time lmao
Right??
Tyler really outdid himself this episode. Good job!
It's dead, Jim got me...
“i could put something from the 18th century in these pockets… like a leg of mutton” made me laugh too hard
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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
How much Tyler loves Saf is cute and all.. But the way he gets into her nerdy fantasies is beyond amazing
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....
"You can appreciate vintage style without idealing vintage values" YES THANK YOU QUEEN
So much yesssss!
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
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 😊
The best! So excited that we got to help out on such a fun trip! Only a few hundred more decades to drag you into next❤
Idk what the Zoidberg dance was about but I loved it. Once again, 5⭐ to those beautiful shoes! You ladies all rocked those 18th century looks ❤
loved the shoes Nicole!
"I invoke the right of parley." & "It has pockets." My two favorite quotes from this video! Hahahaha!
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.
YESSSSS, THIS IS AMAZING
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it is.
I love it when my favourite KZheadrs comment watch each others videos I love your content by the way!
Yes it is! I think I speak for everyone when I say a medieval makeover would be amazing too 👀
@@AngelaClaytonCostumery Great idea! Perhaps a trip to a Renaissance fair? Or more like Medieval Times?
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_6 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
@@adamuffoletto7869 mine i’ve had since december, then again i only do pointe once a week and it’s my first pair
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
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.
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 KZhead talk about that stuff too. Abby Cox has some downright fascinating videos about feminist issues as well.
Safiya being a Liberty Kids fan honestly makes sense that rap part of the theme song captures her energy perfectly
I miss Liberty Kids!
I honestly forgot about that show until she mentioned it. Blast from the past for sure!
Liberty Kids was my childhood
I love Liberty’s Kids. I ship James and Sarah I ship them like Fed Ex 😂
@@ashleycarr9589 yeah I hated they never got together
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!!
Next, please get a Victorian makeover! It would suit you so great and I love your style/makeover videos!
I absolutely here for all of Tyler's jokes lmaoo I died at "Regina George III" and "Use code George Washington" 🤣
Me too. I had to hold my laugh and snort cause my fam are asleep. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's a GEM
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
Nicole scuddling like a crab sent me 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️ I wanna see the two of you together again soon
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
I LOVE that slight delayed "YOU DO!" when she said she looked like her mother. You two are hilarious.
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?
@@englishatheart Cause its kinda in the background and is not really adressed.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE SEEN THAT 😂💀
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!
My father was the very excited, proud, immigrant. Yeah, we visited historically significant sights!!!
Your commentary, inclusion, and highlighting of the African American experience, as well as the makers and historians gave me so much joy,
Thankyou for pointing out that stays are not meant to give people a tiny waist and that all classes of women wore them everyday, Bernadette Banner would be proud.
She didn’t want to feel the wrath of meme mom 💀
Did they really help with posture?
@@joelle4226 yes, the whalebone made it hard to slouch
@@joelle4226 yes! Way better than bras. They help if you have back pain as well.
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!!
That Middle school girl American Girl/Dear America/Liberty's Kids is just so iconic (my first fanfic was a SarahXJames liberty's kids fic lol).
25:30 "Hey What's Up! What do you buy?" ABSOLUTELY KILLED ME!! The attitude and the head bob was sooo funny!!
I cackled at that part lmfao
I love that Safiya got to track the scent of her childhood. Now she must make a frankencandle of that exact scent 😄
Reminds me of the SNL skit “Sticky Bun”-- where they keep saying “WILL YOU EAT?”
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.
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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
Tyler's comedy is top-tier in this video 💕🥰
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!
Why does Safiya finally getting back to Colonial Williamsburg feel like a series finale of a tv show? Like I feel like this is the climax we have been waiting for for years.
I am LIVING for Tyler's jokes here, "Code KINGGEORGE", "Carriage Force Ones", fantastic
"It's dead, Jim"
regina george the third!!!!! i'm WHEEZING!!!!! XD
Fungalcore took me out 😂
safiya should’ve been invited to the met gala
OMG THIS IS EVERYTHING
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! 😂
Respect for the amount of history always embedded in Safiya's videos...and I will be checking out "NotYourMommasHistory" immediately.
It’s a very good channel !
It's awesome
Honestly the scent of the gift shop at Colonial Williamsburg is a core memory for me too
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, Nicole, and Abby Cox?! A DREAM COLLAB! AND a nod to "Not Your Mama's History"? I AM SO HAPPY!
@@v0idr4nt57 so many nods! I wish Safiya could meet Morgan Donner and Bernadette Banner, too, to learn more about their favorite periods of dress. I also wish we could see Nicole teaching Safiya while Saf attempts to make herself a pair of shoes.
Right? I was watching the clips in the beginning and was like, "Subscribed to her. And her. And her. Not him, but I know him. Yup. Yup."
The pattern of the dress is a little "felicity" which makes me, who had the doll back in the 90s, very happy.
This reminds me of this years theme for the met gala. If some A list celebs cant do it right, at least Safiya can
I've had a crazy day and week in general and I haven't watched you for awhile now and this popped up. It's exactly what I needed 💕 ty for always being there for me
I feel like we have been waiting for this moment for years. Surprised Saf wasn’t screaming in the intro out of excitement. I mean it’s Williamsburg! Edit: really appreciate the enthusiasm for American history, lovely vid and Saf you looked gorgeous! Also DYING at Nicole’s crab walk at the end
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IT'S HAPPENING.🤩
Right 😻😻😻😻
That crab walk was like the perfect little happy bomb thrown into the ending of so much happy already.
I missed the crab walk the first time so adding it here for those who don't want to scroll through the video to find it lol 27:36
The context and explanation you gave were great! I also really appreciate how well you always reference any other youtubers or sources you talk about.
Thank you Safiya,I have been a huge fan for a long time, I'm also a Renaissance recreationist and love the fact that you're showing off historical recreations like this. You definitely put going to colonial Williamsburg on my bucket list. Thank you so much for the great videos.
As someone who spent several years as a historical interpreter (at Conner Prairie in Indiana, living it up 1836-style), the "hide your non-period stuff in your apron" thing is so real. Also, crotchless underwear. That.
I've gone to Conner Prairie several times since that was what was closest to us and I loved it every single time! I would get so intrigued and drawn into how life was back then. Thanks to you guys who worked there and brought it back to life! Thank you!
I've wanted to go there since I saw the Townsends videos about it!
Oh hey! I live in Noblesville! We stan Conner Prairie, y’all do important work and I wanted to work there as a child so badly that I begged to be homeschooled so I could (didn’t work)
This was simply awesome! Come down to New Bern, NC and visit the Tryon Palace! New Bern is known as the Colonial Capitol! I honestly cannot express how much I LOVED this! It's nice to know there are others like me in the geek department!
New Bern is where Pepsi originated. The pharmacy is still there.
@@reuben854 indeed it is! Caleb Bradham’s pharmacy is still here and it’s like a little Pepsi museum and gift store.
Oh my gosh. I live in Sneads Ferry and so this is such fun info! I told my husband “we have to go to New Bern!”
I grew up in the same county as New Bern so seeing this comment really shocked and pleased me. Glad to see the Crystal Coast getting some recognition. I always loved the classical look of New Bern and visiting the small shops in town is always on my to-do list when I go there! Also Tryon Palace is soooo pretty, I loved the garden.
on my last trip to the States 2017 (Aussie here) I was doing an Outlander tour of Nth/Sth Carolinas following the Jamie/Claire trail...Tryon's Palace was one of the locations visited..got some lovely pic's in your gardens there.. we stayed overnight in one of the B&B's in the historical buildings...my bedroom had a wall of samplers hung from different ages..the oldest one was dated in the 1700's.. funnily enough, we found we were on the right path by the various links we found along the way like a few Brianna's, a pink quartz turtle charm in an Op shop (thrift store) and dragonfly garden chair in one of the historical places we visited and so forth.. we visited the battle field that Jamie went to that had a marshy river...they created a boardwalk through it and on that day it was drizzling, which added to the atmosphere of the area, I took some footage so you could hear the rain coming through the vegetation and how soreal it felt..
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!
It was not until the last minute of this video that I realized that “CW” stood for colonial Williamsburg and not the TV network. I was like wow CW must be sponsoring this video. I was thinking like stylists from the vampire diaries were there 😂
Same. I was wondering how the CW was involved 😂
@@abigailwren1741 same 😩
I’ve found my people 🤣
i thought it was meant to say content warning
HONESTLY I thought the same thing, I was so confused, I was like the cw hasn't been profitable since it began, how? and then I realised oh they don't mean the network spn aired on
I love that Safiya got to track the scent of her childhood. Now she must make a frankencandle of that exact scent 😄
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Your videos are such a treat every time, they’re like a gift of serenity to me, I feel so giddy whenever you post and make my family vacate the smart tv to watch them 😂 your work is always amazing!
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.
SAFIYA I'M GLAD YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS. Also, thank you so much for not glossing over the fact that slavery was a thing during colonial times.
The statement directly acknowledging the social atrocities committed during that time and the direct effect on the fashion instead of ignoring it. 👏🏻 10/10
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*white hand emoji* lol
It's one of the reasons I love dress history so much- it really shows just how interconnected everything is. Like, the growing popularity of cotton and how that was die to both slavery in the US and the British occupation of India and stealing how to process cotton form Indians (and then sometimes breaking their thumbs so they wouldn't have the competition from the skilled Indian artisans). But that is what led to the increased use of cotton at the end of the 18th century, and to it now being the most common of the natural fibres (even though it's also the worst of the natural fibres). I find that with looking into dress history, you can see how it all comes together into whatever the fashion of the time was. And also how fashion itself shaped geopolitics, and how one fashion trend leads to another. It's a fascinating subject! Though admittedly, I'm biased. It's also much more hands on and much less "great man theory" than a lot of other areas of historical study. You get a feel for what the average person felt, ad you feel a lot closer to them, because you're wearing what they wore, feeling the same sort of support and structure, moving the same way they moved. Memorising Generals and troop movements has nothing on dress history, imo
@@katherinemorelle7115 !
Thank you for posting such great videos for so many to watch
I hope Abby and Nicole get more subs. Thank you Saf for featuring them. They are amazing.
I got the notification and immediately said PLEASE LET HER BE IN COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG I was not disappointed
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same!,!
Finally!! The Colonial Williamsburg Collab we have been waiting for!!!!
kzhead.info/sun/hrSFnJuNnqirf30/bejne.html Finally its here.
Dreams really do come true ❤️
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
Loved the family photos, Safiya! Great historical info in this video. Looks like you had lots of fun making this! Love your sense of humor! 💜
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👍🏾
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The moment you said “I’m gonna leave it to you guys to wonder whether I’m wearing something underneath or not” I immediately thought: “We’re talking about Safiya here. It’s obvious she committed to this 1000% and is /definitely/ not wearing anything underneath.” 🤣
you are most likely correct!! 19:58
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 😊
Incredible mash up I adored! Having watched Safiya do many things on my down days (migraine) in the last year + and some time ago, the pomade making w Abby, and again the shoemaking very recently, this was a super team wonder!! Thank you all!!
I love that the universal sign of “this is my outfit” is “It Has Pockets!”
I used to work at a viking village and Iron Age farm here in Norway where we wore viking and Iron Age attire. This sure bring back memories
Tusenfryd:)?
@@mari97216 Nei, vikinggården på Avaldsnes og jærnaldergården på Ullanhaug.
tell me more... 🧐
@@safiya The viking village is located at Avaldsnes near the city of Haugesund and the Iron Age farm is at Ullanhaug, near the city of Stavanger😊 Would love to ser you explore your inner viking in a video there someday!❤️
@@safiya *interested ancestor noises*
such a beautiful tasteful video! I am so glad you still included other creators that interpret these times!
THIS IS my comfort video, i literally have watched this at least 12 times already and i love it every time
By God we've done it. We've gone even FURTHER BACK. When are we getting "I got an 8th century makeover"
I'd keep watching yes.
Well, given she now has contacts in the dress history community, it's possible.
waiting for the neolithic makeover (/j but that would actually be really cool)
fuck it. safiya give us bronze age makeover when!!!
@@cronchybo Pffff neolithic? All those new forms of stone tools? Nah, gimme some classic Mesolithic fashion. I would have gone further to Palaeolithic but we have surviving textile fragments from the Mesolithic period, whereas Palaeolithic so far it appears to have just been utilising animal skins, and a lot of the specific animals they'd have had access to are extinct so it would have to be closest possible. I guess she could do fallow deer skins. Not quite as awesome as the megafauna version (Megaloceros) but I guess she could make do.
I'm glad to hear that CW is continously addressing the ugly side of the history it portrays, and in a good way for its staff. I used to volunteer the Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco that is now going through a boycott for, among other things, not being a safe environment for its BIPOC performers. The San Francisco Chronicle did an article in its Datebook on 12/4/2021 for anyone who wants more information on the situation, but please don't do to Dickens Fair unless the people who run it get it together and listen to their performers.
CW?
@@misseselise3864 Colonial Williamsburg
Dickens fair in Rochester UK? I go every year seems alright to me
@@Vix2066 ….but the BIPOC that WORK there feel differently, so I’d be inclined to believe them . When people talk about mistreatments, saying “but I enjoyed it/had a good time” is dismissive .
@@Vix2066 also, the op provided a source, which if you looked it up, is from San Francisco . I’m not saying this to be mean, but to say looking things up before you speak on them is important.
I love how safiya doesn't care what people say she wears what she want and do what she wants
24:23 I researched it and apparently "hello" didn't even exist until 1827? Wild
Most things people think of as corsets in historical fashion (including corsets) were actually made to support the bust--they were essentially what women wore before bras came along. So, yes, they were sturdy, foundational garments, but not always meant to squish waists.
Safiya is basically a time traveler at this point.
Thank you for this amazing gem of a video. My parents continue to drag us to CW and even had their honeymoon there.
I absolutely loved this. A crossover of two KZheadrs I love but would never have expected to collaborate. ❤️
thanks for the explaining what exactly Colonial Williamsburg is! As a Canadian, I thought it was just a small, maybe few buildings, living history museum. I didn't realize how vast and intricate it was.
It’s like an upgraded version of Upper Canada Village
Yes didn't realize how it was a complete town vs a few different houses and some basic community places. Like blacksmith and schoolhouse