The rise and fall of fancy men
Forever Ago
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Aristocratic Men in Western Europe Dressing in an Exotic Way
The macaronis are representing the culmination of this long tradition of aristocratic men in western europe dressing in an extravagant way, showing their wealth through their fashion. But get this, poorer people with terrible clothes, they didn't like that for some reason. Right here we are bringing beauty and taste, and what do they do? They start making fun of us. Maybe you kind of deserved it, i know. So on fairright? You see, around this time, magazines devoted to fashion were becoming quite popular in england. Rather than celebrating us for being better than everyone else, they would draw cartoons of us us look silly,. Like with giant wigs and tiny hats on top
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