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> That complaint came from a tract against The Reigning Vanities of the Age in > 1754. A letter in The Gazetteer in the same year concurred that luxury in > c
by smackeyacky 5y ago
> That complaint came from a tract against The Reigning Vanities of the Age in
> 1754. A letter in The Gazetteer in the same year concurred that luxury in
> clothing was blurring social distinctions, so that “by their dress, the
> clerk, apprentice, or shopman are not distinguishable from their master;
> nor the servant-maid, even the cook-wench, from her mistress.”
This is interesting - complaining about the breakdown of easily identifiable social class because the lower classes dressed too well.
This seems to have gone the other way in modern times - it's hard to tell rich from poor because everyone aspires, via the explosion of tattoos, to look like they just got released from prison.
- w-j-w 5y ago
- AndrewDucker 5y agoTattoos have been the province of, well, everyone, for hundreds of years https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/1491019172175761409?t=VTPkGZJQdc4qvF0x6KI2Cg&s=19 https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/1491019172175761409?t=...
- danielscrubs 5y agoWanted to look at some statistics and it seems according to Google Trends the search term for "Tattoo Parlour" seems to have peaked at around 2005 (as far back as I could go).
- smackeyacky 5y agoThat probably corresponds with the trend of getting a little moustache tattoed on your finger, I don't think most tattoo places build their business through online search. More by word of mouth.
- smackeyacky 5y agoSure, but a couple of tattoos vs the trend for looking like something that would qualify you to be exhibited by Barnum is very different in my lifetime.
- mstipetic 5y agoPeople should look tattooed and pierced and weird, not like meek little drones in cheap suits
- tattoohealth 5y ago