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minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83·6 个月前Pretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·6 个月前And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·6 个月前Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 个月前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/
minus-squareheyWhatsay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 个月前Thanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 个月前The powdered wig served the same purpose.
minus-squarebiggerBear@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 个月前Don’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·6 个月前Like all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.
Pretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
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
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…