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minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83·2 months agoPretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 months agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoI 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-up3·2 months agoThanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe powdered wig served the same purpose.
minus-squarebiggerBear@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoDon’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoFam be jerkin for that Merkin.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoLike all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoand then the french revolution happened…
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…