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Being quiet and demure was actively rejected in favor of maximum auditory annoyance. Young fashionable women deliberately wore heavy rubber overshoes…
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When Velvet Was Dangerous: The Class Politics of Color in the Renaissance. In 15th-century Florence, wearing red or intricate lace could get you fined or even…
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Subtlety was entirely absent when it came to projecting male virility. Men vigorously packed their codpieces with massive handfuls of sawdust and rags to…
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Accessorizing reached an absolutely unhinged peak in the French court. The king had a special ribbon crafted just so he could wear a literal basket filled…
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Because standard dyes are fundamentally uninteresting, West African creators masterfully use rotting river mud to color cloth. Bogolanfini, or mud cloth,…
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Long before punk rock existed, this moody French poet decided natural hair colors were too mainstream. He painted his hair toxic green just to wander around…
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