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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Right into the harbor

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

99.99%

Sometimes they'll give you small trinkets in return, such as for example the town now known as New York.

The Speculaas are totally worth it too!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

People still use fashion to advertise their wealth.

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month 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] 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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] 4 points 1 month 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] 8 points 1 month ago

This mountain of discarded plastic textiles says differently:

https://www.space.com/mountain-discarded-clothes-chile-satellite-photo

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So much better than the fashion of today.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago