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minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83·4 days agoPretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·3 days agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoI think it’s also for the opposite? I mean, the white face, rosy cheeks and red lips were popularized due to the romantization of tuberculosis. The guy on the left could literally have tuberculosis looking at his face. One of the many sources: https://historycollection.com/tuberculosis-became-the-victorian-standard-of-beauty/
minus-squareheyWhatsay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·3 days agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThe powdered wig served the same purpose.
minus-squarebiggerBear@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoDon’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·3 days agoLike all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoand then the french revolution happened…
Pretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
I think it’s also for the opposite? I mean, the white face, rosy cheeks and red lips were popularized due to the romantization of tuberculosis. The guy on the left could literally have tuberculosis looking at his face.
One of the many sources: https://historycollection.com/tuberculosis-became-the-victorian-standard-of-beauty/
Thanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
The powdered wig served the same purpose.
Don’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
Fam be jerkin for that Merkin.
Like all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.
and then the french revolution happened…