ASMR – History of Textiles and Clothing
The French Whisperer ASMR
In this male soft spoken ASMR video with hand movement, we explore the history of textiles and clothing:
– where fibers come from and how they were adopted by mankind, with special sections about the history of cotton, silk and wool.
– how textile, its manufacturing and trade, influenced international relations and contributed to economic history.
– the evolution of clothing and a few things it tells us about Western societies since the 15th Century.
Gail Rotschild’s website: https://www.gailrothschild.com/
Her next international exhibition will take place in 2021 at the Bode Museum in Berlin. It will feature large paintings of ancient textiles alongside the originals.
Video about the history of colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX3A_ijH-qo
Credits: script and narration by the French Whisperer, images by the French Whisperer, under Wikipedia Commons, and courtesy of Gail Rothschild (pictures with title), thumbnail by the French Whisperer using a photo under Web License from Panthermedia.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Art, Crafts and Decoration
5:31 Prehistory and Felt
8:50 Invention of Weaving and Flax
13:30 Textile Making
16:41 Cotton in Precolombian America and India
21:45 Cotton, Europeans and Americans
26:55 Discovery of Silk
30:06 Silk in China
34:17 Silk in the West
38:17 Birth of the Luxury Goods Industry
43:52 Origins of Wool
49:58 Wool in the Middle Ages
52:07 Wool Trade and Birth of Modern Capitalism
56:27 What is Clothing About?
59:12 Clothing Regulation
1:00:51 What is Fashion?
1:03:44 Archetypes of Clothes
1:05:59 15th to mid-17th Century
1:10:12 Late 17th and 18th Century
1:15:03 19th Century
1:19:00 20th Century
1:22:58 Synthetic Fibers
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0:00 Art, Crafts and Decoration
5:31 Prehistory and Felt
8:50 Invention of Weaving and Flax
13:30 Textile Making
16:41 Cotton in Precolombian America and India
21:45 Cotton, Europeans and Americans
26:55 Discovery of Silk
30:06 Silk in China
34:17 Silk in the West
38:17 Birth of the Luxury Goods Industry
43:52 Origins of Wool
49:58 Wool in the Middle Ages
52:07 Wool Trade and Birth of Modern Capitalism
56:27 What is Clothing About?
59:12 Clothing Regulation
1:00:51 What is Fashion?
1:03:44 Archetypes of Clothes
1:05:59 15th to mid-17th Century
1:10:12 Late 17th and 18th Century
1:15:03 19th Century
1:19:00 20th Century
1:22:58 Synthetic Fibers
thank you for helping us wind down after a long day.
I never thought my preferred ASMRtists would be men with deep soothing voices. 2020 is a strange year.
As someone who spins and crochets, this is equal parts fascinating and relaxing
Thank you. ❤️
Love fabric and it’s history! Thanks for this ❤️
Perfect timing 😊😊💖💖
Just got into bed and discovered this new video. Many thanks French Whisperer! You're the best!!😊❤😴
The man the butter the vibes
“You can relax and let me do the work.” How can you not love that? Great work as usual!
As a history teacher, I feel physically compelled to note that cotton production took off in the American South after 1790 due to the mechanized cotton gin patented by Eli Whitney. This allowed short staple cotton, which is easier to grow but harder to clean by hand, to become a profitable cash crop. Before the cotton gin, only long stapled varieties were profitable, but it couldn’t be grown in as many places and it was still labor intensive to clean, so cash crops like rice, indigo, and tobacco were more dominant. Now that I have that off my chest, I can drift off to sleep listening to one of my favorite topics. 🙂
You are such a treat! Exquisite.
Ohhhh I already know I'm going to love this one!
Black tablecloth + black sleeves=floating hands
I ❤❤❤❤❤ you!
Hello.
I love clothes so this was super interesting! I really wish I had the patience to make clothing but I know I don't lol. Still love fashion and it's history (fashion as in stuff people would actually wear, not weird runway fashion)
A quand une video en français
Just as I suspected…to interested in the topic to sleep to it. Very pleasant nonetheless.
You should really think about doing a guided meditation
C'est vraiment dommage que vous ne faites presque plus de vidéos en francais, avec tous les bons sujets que vous traitez, n'oublie pas votre communauté d'origine qui vous suit depuis le début…
Your voice 🥰
Love this! Def an inspo for my own art history education channel!
I feel like a very good topic right now would be a history of plagues and pandemics.
As a fashion student with insomnia this is the quality content I’m here for
Do the history of cannabis, psychedelics, beer or liquor
I'm late
I found this one so interesting I didn’t fall asleep to it like I usually do. Just wanted to say that I love your content. The time it must take to research,write and record your videos Is evidential. I hope you’re still finding time to enjoy yourself!
Rest well wonderful people
As usual, this is just wonderful. I noticed the slow-mo but not sure if I as am enamored of that. But as long as your voice is silky smooth, I'm always listening. Thank you. 💜
Sujet fascinant ! Merci beaucoup ❤️
3:50 lord farquard
I think that people fall asleep before they can hit the subscribe button because your voice is so soothing, love you French Whisperer !
you are incredible, thank you
You are awesome wish you had millions of subscribers and a Netflix show of your own
Excellent! Learned a lot. Will listen again as I do to others by the French Whisperer. What a fine and broad intellectual scope! Thank you!
Another fantastic video.
I appreciate the extensive research, graphics and props used. Thank not only learn from you but your voice relaxes me like no other. Thank you.
this man is talking in lower case
Hey could you do a video on the history of samurai? I think that would be very interesting topic to learn about!
Can you make a video about the Persian Empire?
Hello. I follow several ASMR artists,and enjoy them all. However,you are the only one who puts me to sleep EVERY TIME. Thankyou so much. You are very much appreciated.
Hi there. I just wanted to leave this here to get out of my body the overwhelming sense of gratitude I feel for you and the effort you put into your content. I've always had hard time falling asleep, usually laying in bed for over an hour before I finally drift off. Your videos make this time pass so painlessly, and I even get to learn a little too. Thank you so much for doing what you do.
Your voice and gentle hand movements were amazing. So happy I came across your channel!
Liziqi channel shows beautiful videos on making silk or cotton textiles from scratch. https://youtu.be/OrXiXDUQia8 She shows the cultivation of silk worms to making the silk. Cotton from plant cultivation to garment. She also has videos on wool from animal to garment. Also woodblock printing and embroidery.
Super relaxante la vidéo malgré qu'elle soit en anglais et que j'y comprends rien 😅😂 En tout j'espère qu'un jour tu nous sortira une vidéo sur des grands personnages japonais comme Miyamoto Musashi, Hanzo Hattori etc. . . Ça serait super sympa à entendre 😆😁🤞👍