• @aeronmelon
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    602 months ago

    Guys dressed like this have a 100% chance of stealing all your spice.

  • @[email protected]
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    232 months ago

    People still use fashion to advertise their wealth.

    All 3 of those are for showing you’re rich.

  • @[email protected]
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    232 months ago

    I’m sure the “proof of wealth” kinda went like:

    Ah, so you can afford pants and shirt?

    Well how about a fancier shirt?

    Yes? Well how about a jaunty hat.

    Yes? What about fancy shoe buckles?

    Yes? How about stockings?

    Yes? Well now I’ve got a wig beneath my jaunty hat.

    That too? How about makeup and perfume then!

    Maybe an unnecessary cane. A gold chain sticking out so you know I have a nice watch hidden away. My fanciest kerchief sticking out of my pocket. See how white?

    Today, we just post our expensive possessions on social media so you don’t have to wear your proof.

  • @[email protected]
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    142 months ago

    Isn’t it marvelous that we live in times where fashion doesn’t play a big role any more? Even jobs that would require ties, say, 20 years ago, are now increasingly casual.

    • @Got_Bent
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      162 months ago

      The perception has kinda flipped in twenty years.

      Back then you’d wear a suit to project credibility.

      Now the suit makes you look untrustworthy.

      Disclaimer: Personal perspective and opinion. Not intended to be etched in stone universal fact.

      • @meleethecat
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        62 months ago

        I don’t think that’s true because I find strangers are a lot nicer to me when I wear a suit than they are when I wear a tshirt and jeans.

    • CO5MO ✨
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      102 months ago

      I am glad to no longer own any suits or ties. Every time I see movies or shows that depict ppl running around in suits, ties & dress shoes it just makes me think y tho 🤷🏼‍♀️

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        I keep a suit for more formal occasions, like funerals. Oddly enough, the level of formality in funeral attire varies a lot depending on what region of the US you’re in.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      In the days before telecommunication and especially before formalized, reliable identification methods clothes were an obvious way to figure out a person’s position in society. Expensive clothing was easy to spot when compared to cheaper clothing, so if a person was dressed in finery it was almost guaranteed they were actually wealthy.

    • Xanthrax
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      42 months ago

      It just switched to chinos, polo’s, and boat shoes.

  • tehWrapper
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    72 months ago

    They dressed like that to hide the rampant Syphilis at the time.

  • aviationeast
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    62 months ago

    So much better than the fashion of today.

  • @tlou3please
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    52 months ago

    It’s currently 2024 and mullets are in so we clearly haven’t progressed much.