this isn't a joke I actually believe this
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Replying to @alicemazzy @orthonormalist and
Hm? 70s and 80s menswear seemed pretty cool (although trad-menswear like suits have indeed been on a decline). I blame massive international supply chains/globalization for vastly increasing the uniqlo-bespoke price differential...
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Replying to @simpolism @orthonormalist and
one of my to-do writing things is to tie this together with the collapse of high art but I don't have a very good thrust yet
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
but basically court dress in monarchies was about ornamentation and status-differentiation, notably codified in sumptuary laws defining who could wear what colors/fabrics
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
this is the classic decadence pattern, germanic kingships had very simple warrior dress and the trend from like the 12th to 18th centuries was toward extravagance
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
but with the beginning of evening dress in the regency era to the standardization of white tie in the victorian the trend reversed, toward uniformity and flattening of hierarchy
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
since then casualwear has gone semi-formal, then formal, then relegated to period wear. tailcoats were for horseback riding, the dinner jacket was not something you allowed a woman to see you in
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
and of course the business suit was once the lounge suit. in this way the path from business casual to smart casual to the as-yet unnamed tech worker tshirt and hoodie uniform...
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
...is just the logical next step in a trend that has been going for some time
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Replying to @alicemazzy @orthonormalist and
what's the next casualwear step after tech-casual? shirtless at the office?
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truly a man ahead of his timepic.twitter.com/j7Mi7lds8b
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Replying to @alicemazzy @simpolism and
was looking for an image for my last tweet, found these casual boys. Royal Robbins (Royal Robbins) second from left, Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia) on right. they all climbed with Douglas Tompkins (The North Face).pic.twitter.com/Eoe9aDL7io
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