Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Thanks to Rosetta Stone for sponsoring this video! With the exclusive link, you can access all 25 languages for over 60% off an unlimited language lifetime subscription: partners.rosettastone.com/vbirchwood2
In this episode of the historical makeover series, I give myself a Bronze Age makeover, exploring 4000 year old northern/western European fashion!
I interview the wonderful Nicole DeRushie, and expert on Bronze and Iron Age fashion, as well as the author of "Bog Fashion," a book exploring the construction of Bronze and Iron Age clothing, as well as patterns for making your own garments. The book can be found here, along with Nicole's social media: https://chronocopia.se/books/bog-fashion/
instagram.com/grounded_history
Disclaimer: The book was sent to me by the publisher free of charge but I was not compensated for discussing it.
Where I bought the necklace: etsy.com/shop/Altmarkbronze
A big thanks to Devon Rawlings for filming the reveal shots at the end.
My social media:
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - patreon.com/vbirchwood
✨ Leave a donation: ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/vasibirchwood
📖 Business inquiries - vbirchwood@zigguratxyz.com
Images are provided courtesy of Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons, and Nationalmuseets Denmark.
Image sources:
Due to character count limitations, a complete list of image sources can be found here: vbirchwood.com/sources/bronze-age-makeover
Further Reading:
spranglady.com/uploads/7/7/0/8/77084287/16_2014_kramell_et_al._qi_348_214-223-2.pdf
wiltshire.gov.uk/article/10889/Conservation-and-Museums-Advisory-Service-excavate-historically-significant-Early-Bronze-Age-cist
dartmoor.gov.uk/wildlife-and-heritage/heritage/bronze-age/whitehorse-hill
https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-programmes-and-projects/previous-programmes-and-projects/the-margrethe-hald-archive-digitalization-and-dissemination/costumes_of_the_bronze_age_denmark.pdf
https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-programmes-and-projects/previous-programmes-and-projects/the-margrethe-hald-archive-digitalization-and-dissemination/Ancient_danish_tekstiles_from_bogs_and_burials__1_.pdf
Music disclaimer: Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
#rosettastone #rosettastonepartner
Thanks to Rosetta Stone for sponsoring this video! With the exclusive link, you can access all 25 languages for over 60% off an unlimited language lifetime subscription: partners.rosettastone.com/vbirchwood2
In this episode of the historical makeover series, I give myself a Bronze Age makeover, exploring 4000 year old northern/western European fashion!
I interview the wonderful Nicole DeRushie, and expert on Bronze and Iron Age fashion, as well as the author of "Bog Fashion," a book exploring the construction of Bronze and Iron Age clothing, as well as patterns for making your own garments. The book can be found here, along with Nicole's social media: https://chronocopia.se/books/bog-fashion/
instagram.com/grounded_history
Disclaimer: The book was sent to me by the publisher free of charge but I was not compensated for discussing it.
Where I bought the necklace: etsy.com/shop/Altmarkbronze
A big thanks to Devon Rawlings for filming the reveal shots at the end.
My social media:
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - patreon.com/vbirchwood
✨ Leave a donation: ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/vasibirchwood
📖 Business inquiries - vbirchwood@zigguratxyz.com
Images are provided courtesy of Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons, and Nationalmuseets Denmark.
Image sources:
Due to character count limitations, a complete list of image sources can be found here: vbirchwood.com/sources/bronze-age-makeover
Further Reading:
spranglady.com/uploads/7/7/0/8/77084287/16_2014_kramell_et_al._qi_348_214-223-2.pdf
wiltshire.gov.uk/article/10889/Conservation-and-Museums-Advisory-Service-excavate-historically-significant-Early-Bronze-Age-cist
dartmoor.gov.uk/wildlife-and-heritage/heritage/bronze-age/whitehorse-hill
https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-programmes-and-projects/previous-programmes-and-projects/the-margrethe-hald-archive-digitalization-and-dissemination/costumes_of_the_bronze_age_denmark.pdf
https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-programmes-and-projects/previous-programmes-and-projects/the-margrethe-hald-archive-digitalization-and-dissemination/Ancient_danish_tekstiles_from_bogs_and_burials__1_.pdf
Music disclaimer: Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
#rosettastone #rosettastonepartner



![I Tried Wearing an Ancient Greek Bra for a Week
[AD] 🐣 Download Hay Day for free and get 16 exclusive decorations to personalise your farm—worth $15.99! Its available until the 15th of February! #HayDay https://link.haydaygame.com/?action=voucher&code=c58113d7-e0c2-4700-b629-92d666800321
After reconstructing an ancient Greek / ancient Roman bra last year and conducting a preliminary experiment in the video where I wore ancient Greek fashion for 30 days, Ive finally managed to experiment more in-depth with the strophion/strophium and tried wearing it was an entire week, each day in a new way to see which option is the most suitable for support, and also feasible for the historical period.
If youd like to learn about some of the research behind the strophion, Id suggest watching this video: https://youtu.be/KTb0kGlLYEo
And if youd like to see me wearing ancient Greek fashion for 30 days, Id suggest watching this video: https://youtu.be/R5BDyBvB2c4
This was a fun experiment to conduct!
Please note: bust binding may cause injury, so it is important to take precautions. I am not liable for any harm or damage caused.
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood
✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vasibirchwood/
📖 Business inquiries - sofie@helmtalentgroup.com
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_map_of_ancient_Rome_of_the_1st_century_CE_published_in_Italy_in_1570.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Romana_del_Casale_Bikini_Girls_modified_(cropped).jpg
Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bikini_mosaic.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Mosaik_der_M%C3%A4dchen_im_Bikini%22_in_der_Villa_del_Casale._11.jpg
Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Mosaik_der_M%C3%A4dchen_im_Bikini%22_in_der_Villa_del_Casale._06.jpg
Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ionic-chiton.jpg
https://www.patreon.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greek_Girls_Picking_up_Pebbles_by_the_Sea.jpg I Tried Wearing an Ancient Greek Bra for a Week](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tg6bvQ_Rfuo/mqdefault.jpg)
![I Sewed My Great-Great Grandmas Underwear
This video has been sponsored by Babbel. Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️ Here: https://bit.ly/vbirchwood60
In this video, I embark on the journey of sewing my great-great grandmas underwear... Let me explain. Im a Volga Tatar, and these are the traditional Volga Tatar undergarments that my great great-great-grandmother would have worn. Ive been heavily researching Volga Tatar historical fashion, even though a lot of information is very challenging to find, and I thought it was time, now that I recently finished sewing a Volga Tatar historical dress, to also sewing some matching historical underwear.
Thanks so much for watching and Ill see you in two weeks for another video!
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood
✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🌙 Books I read, supplies I use, gear I film with (affiliate links): https://www.amazon.com/shop/v.birchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vasibirchwood/
📖 Business inquiries - sofie@helmtalentgroup.com
Further reading:
-M. Zavyalova, Tatar Milli Kieme [Tatar Costume], Kazan, 1996
Guzel Valeeva-Suleimanova, The Decorative Applied Art of the Kazan Tatars, Moscow, 1990.
-Суслова С. В. Татарский костюм: историко-этнологическое исследование, Казань, 2018.
-https://groznijat.tripod.com/fadlan/rorlich1.html
-http://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2011/05/traditional-costume-of-tatarstan.html I Sewed My Great-Great Grandmas Underwear](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tgZT3RdVHiY/mqdefault.jpg)





.jpg)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Youkoukan06n4592.jpg
663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Child%27s_Sleeping_Mat_%28boro_Shikimono%29%2C_late_19th_century_%28CH_1108827543%29.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/THE_FAMILY_IN_BED%281910%29illustrationpage137.png
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%99%BD%E7%B6%B8%E5%AD%90%E5%9C%B0%E7%89%A1%E4%B8%B9%E7%B8%9E%E6%A8%A1%E6%A7%98%E5%A4%9C%E7%9D%80-Kimono-shaped_Comforter_(YogiwithPeonies_and_Stripes_MET_DP317744.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%99%BD%E7%B6%B8%E5%AD%90%E5%9C%B0%E7%89%A1%E4%B8%B9%E7%B8%9E%E6%A8%A1%E6%A7%98%E5%A4%9C%E7%9D%80-Kimono-shaped_Comforter_(Yogi)_with_Peonies_and_Stripes_MET_DP317744.jpg)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masasumi_Makura-gaeshi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japon-1886-08.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japon-1886-15.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Futons_in_a_Ryokan 2.jpg
Christian Kadluba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45412
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Farmhouse_%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%B6%E5%9C%92panoramio(7).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Farmhouse_,_%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%B6%E5%9C%92 panoramio_(7).jpg)
z tanuki, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%9B%B2%E7%82%89%E8%A3%8F.jpg
くろふね, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yunokami-Onsen_Station_006.JPG
Tennen-Gas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kotatsu-tastefulTN.jpg
Tim Notari (tastefulTN), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauties_Playing_Cat%27s_Cradle-by_Suzuki_Harunobu-Tokyo_National_Museum.jpg
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%A2%A8%E6%B5%81%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E5%85%AB%E6%99%AF_%E7%9C%9F%E4%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%AE%E6%9A%AE%E9%9B%AA-Evening_Snow_on_Matsuchi_Hilllfromthe_series_Eight_Fashionable_Views_of_Edo_(Furyu_Edo_hakkeiMETDP119509.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%A2%A8%E6%B5%81%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E5%85%AB%E6%99%AF_%E7%9C%9F%E4%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%AE%E6%9A%AE%E9%9B%AA-Evening_Snow_on_Matsuchi_Hilll,_from_the_series_Eight_Fashionable_Views_of_Edo_(Furyu_Edo_hakkei)_MET_DP119509.jpg)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drei_M%C3%A4dchen_am_Kotatsu1880%E2%80%931890,Kunsthalle_KarlsruheF51.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SekienMakuragaeshi.jpg
Further Reading:
https://uncannyjapan.com/podcast/kitamakura-and-fan-death/
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45412 I Slept on a 14th Century Japanese Mattress for a Week](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wRVl7MJ6tn8/mqdefault.jpg)