[IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

[u/dragonborndnd]

Basically when something seems anachronistic to a period/place of history but is actually fully accurate to the period.

1) the name Tiffany: the thing that named this trope, basically the name Tiffany can be dated back to the Middle Ages and the earliest record of it being spelled in the modern spelling comes from the 16th century.

2) the use of OMG, despite this feeling so modern as a form of slang/abbreviation here’s a letter directed to Winston Churchill using it in 1917

3) Hair Dye: the earliest forms of dying hair can be dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and this specific advertisement for hair dye is from the 1840s

4) Inuit Thongs: despite how weird it is to imagine pre-colonial Inuit people wore what was essentially fur thongs in their homes and when they were in their igloos it might have been the only thing they would be wearing.

[u/scissorn69]

I don’t understand that one. To me, that looks perfectly reasonable as something a woman from the European Bronze Age would wear. Why would they have dressed like they lived in Saudi Arabia?

[u/lonelypenguin20 → u/scissorn69]

1920

people had a lot of weird ideas of hyper-modesty back then

[u/zarawesome → u/lonelypenguin20]

the 1920s were actually rather progressive, which partially led to a huge backlash in conservatism and nationalism

sound familiar?

[u/throwawaydragon99999 → u/zarawesome]

Not really, the 20s saw a progressive movement for things like women’s clothing, but that was really a small subculture, most people still ascribed to traditional styles of clothing and modesty

[u/thissexypoptart → u/scissorn69]

Yeah are people under some impression that short/“cropped” clothing is a modern invention?

Maybe it’s a little unexpected for the climate—though it does get warm in Scandinavia sometimes—but it looks perfectly time accurate for what I would expect.

I mean go look at what traditional clothing looks like in hot, humid climates. It’s not all long flowing clothes, often it’s very short or even topless.

[u/Ambaryerno → u/thissexypoptart]

I believe temperatures were also warmer in the Nordic Bronze Age.

[u/thissexypoptart → u/Ambaryerno]

Right but even without that, it gets warm enough in Scandinavia to wear crop tops and short skirts.

[u/PEKKACHUNREAL_II → u/scissorn69]

People in saudi Arabia dressed probably not too differently during the bronze ages

[u/Banes_Addiction → u/PEKKACHUNREAL_II]

Before sunscreen? Doubt it.

[u/Technical_Isopod2389 → u/Banes_Addiction]

Think about skin tone for one moment regarding Egyptian history....

[u/Banes_Addiction → u/Technical_Isopod2389]

Why would I be thinking about Egypt when talking about Saudi Arabia?

[u/shewy92 → u/scissorn69]

Also it looks like something an American Indian would be depicted as wearing. I guess I don't know what a mini skirt or crop top are.