Pepys is mentioned in this article, but not mentioned is the practice of wearing “patches”—stickers on your face that had seemingly been imported from France: h

Pepys is mentioned in this article, but not mentioned is the practice of wearing “patches”—stickers on your face that had seemingly been imported from France: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sexy-face-stickers/ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sexy-face-stickers... For example from 1660 [0]: > To my Lord’s by land, calling at several places about business, where I dined with my Lord and Lady; when he was very merry, and did talk very high how he would have a French cook, and a master of his horse, and his lady and child to wear black patches; And [1] > But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she. I wonder why we don’t see more of this these days. Closest I can think of if Nelly with the band-aid. [0] https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/10/20/ https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/10/20/ [1] https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/11/22/ https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/11/22/