Pretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
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And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
Sure and perume was becase you didn't bathe ... And yet we still use both
I think it's also for the opposite? I mean, the white face, rosy cheeks and red lips were popularized due to the romantization of tuberculosis. The guy on the left could literally have tuberculosis looking at his face.
One of the many sources: https://historycollection.com/tuberculosis-became-the-victorian-standard-of-beauty/
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There is absofukinglutely nothing stopping you from dressing like that, only yourself.
They might try to stop you.
Yeeeesshhhhhhh
They will fail to stop you.
Don’t let the prospect of beheading get on the way of your dreams!
Mark Zuckerberg, who dresses pretty much like the guy on the right, then adds a watch worth $100k to indicate his status.
The pants shirts an hoodies the ultra wealthy wear are also often obscenely overpriced versions of the normal clothes. Like Luis Vuitton's plain tshirt, with a same color embossed logo on the front, for 700$. Or this one by Prada for 2500$ (its casmere)
Ah yes, the Great Male Renunciation of fashion
Fashion??? In this economy?!
If I could suit up like in games that actually have good clothing options and don't punish you for just getting every option I totally would, but for better or worse I settle for tattered hand me downs from my uncle that I have been wearing since I was 7 or so. And some hand me ups from my younger siblings that became bigger than me as a top up to the supply.
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That's was really interesting
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Rich cunts then: 
Rich cunts now: 
Poor cunts then: 
Poor cunts now: 
Or to put it another way, nothing has changed. The upper classes still dress like wankers who sniff their own farts, and the lower classes still dress with whatever they can afford that works for them.
I'm more of a summer/spring in my color scheme
Ladies, What's stopping you from dressing like this
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Noble vs peasant.
wasn't the make up meant to hide the lesions and wigs to hide the peeling scalp and hair loss?
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Maybe we have grown out as a society of that childish one-upping each other with made up rules?
Have you met society? Society is a petty bitch!
Please tell me there’s a /s in there somewhere.
The “now” person is a peasant, not man. Put some eyeliner on, at least!
Try it, you get lots of shit. I'd know.
I do find it weird there's been this resurgence of fixation on superficial motifs being associated with masculinity, but the guys who parrot these views all have an appearance that screams, "I want to blend in and be invisible!"
Nothing masculine about tepid conformity.
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Rich guys wearing really dour clothes is actually a relatively recent phenomenon in history. Up to the French Revolution the aristocrats were peacocked up to the max; maybe it was fear of the guillotine that saw their successors going around in North Face jackets.
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Remember, the Roman's thought pants were for the effeminate easterners.
The title is implicitly responding to someone who thinks, "fashion is an important part of masculinity, and it's immutable," but has nothing to say to someone who thinks, "fashion is an important part of masculinity and can change."
Oh look, a clown.
That there is a dandy
I think they dropped a word there. I think "rich" was the word they dropped......
that's a part of it, however during the Victorian time. it became fashionable for men to be stoic and boring. that's why a guy can wear the same outfit for a meeting, a wedding, and a funeral.
although wealth is a big factor. it isn't the whole story. a good suit can cost a lot and still be fashionably bankrupt.
And if you try to put some flare, they will question your sexuality and distupt the corporate dynamics.
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Tbh men like me are a step away from becoming cats and I would love to just be a cat. Every step we do that progresses men becoming cats is fine for me.
I don't want it to be like it is, but it do
You've obviously not been to a goth club recently ;)
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