stayed up til 2am reading about men's formalwear last night and mad white tie is basically extinct
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w/ positions secured by birth not might, upper class grows idle and decadent, they serve as a thing to aspire to, and their increasing extravagance sets the tone for those below
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whereas increasing informality really starts with the 18th century and you can pick dozens of examples of clothing changes that serve to flatten hierarchy, general trend toward the low
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I might write this up as a longer thing later if only because the origins of the subtle style notes on menswear are really interesting
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