Karolina Żebrowska is a Polish writer, filmmaker, and YouTuber with focus on historical fashion and costume.
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She gained popularity through her viral 2015 video, "Real Women - Beauty Through The Decades The Realistic Way" in response to other "100 Years of Beauty" videos. The video has since gained over 8 million views.
She began uploading more frequently in 2017. In addition to general fashion history videos, she also reviews period dramas (and to a lesser extent, fantasy), debunks popular misconceptions of historical fashion, and creates historical sketches and parodies of memes, trends, YouTubers, and other popular culture. She is also critical of media portrayal of fashion and history.
She also makes videos about Poland and history.
Personal life[]
She is from Kraków, Poland. She graduated with a BA in Film and New Media Studies from Jagiellonian University in Kraków and an MA in Film at Screen Academy Scotland in Edinburgh.
Bibliography[]
- Polskie piękno. Sto lat mody i stylu [PL] (2018)
- Modowe rewolucje. Niezwykła historia naszych szaf [PL] (2019)
Trivia[]
- Most of her pre-2015 videos were in Polish; most are now in English (although with subtitles for both).
- She is a Catholic.
- Her fans nicknamed her 'Meme Mom'.
- A consistent joke in videos and comments is that she is a time traveler.
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