• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    4 hours ago

    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.

    • lb_o@lemmy.world
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      It is still happening, just more metaphorically, so less people can catch it.