• 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      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.

        • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          5 hours ago

          Look up “Beau Brummely” and “Great Renunciation”.

          US southern-prep khakis, blazer, shirt and tie, slightly longer hair is pretty much the exact look Brummely and his dandies created and socially enforced through mockery.

          Some people claim that the underlying force granting Brummely the ability to do so had to do with the center of power shifting from traditional nobility to financiers.