Fun fact, the heavy white face paint/"makeup", and beauty marks of both men and women of this era in France were to cover up the rashes, pockmarks, scars and sores brought on by rampant outbreaks of Syphilis! The powdered wigs, too, covered the hair loss and lesions caused by the disease. They also wore stong perfumes to cover up the stench of open untreated syphilitic sores and skin decay! 🙃Horrifying!
Coined by British psychologist John Flügel in 1930, it is considered a major turning point in the history of clothing where the male style stopped being as ornate and detailed.[2] Flügel asserted that men "abandoned their claim to be considered beautiful" and "henceforth aimed at being only useful".[3] The Great Renunciation encouraged the establishment of the suit's monopoly on male dress codes at the beginning of the 19th century.
21 Comments
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 42d
Fun fact, the heavy white face paint/"makeup", and beauty marks of both men and women of this era in France were to cover up the rashes, pockmarks, scars and sores brought on by rampant outbreaks of Syphilis! The powdered wigs, too, covered the hair loss and lesions caused by the disease. They also wore stong perfumes to cover up the stench of open untreated syphilitic sores and skin decay! 🙃Horrifying!
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 42d
Would orange face paint work? Just curious.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 42d
Certainly. Just don't put it around your eyes or lips, for that natural look!
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 42d
MmmYeeeessssssSs
mysteriousquote@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 42d
Flourish the pinky!
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 42d
All I can think of when I see that is Don Martin's Mad Magazine cartoons.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
Couple of puffs out for a stroll!
nonius@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 42d
I thought the teeth were a shmashing shuck-shess!
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 42d
Not shown: Their high heels.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 42d
I believe the period term is "Cunty Little Shoes".
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 42d
The Great Male Unification is a pretty interesting topic about how men gave up fashion.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 42d
Turns out, rich men didn't like it being easy to identify them in an age of guillotines
pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 42d
Unironically this. I would totally dress like this and dunk on the plebs.
TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
He totally besmirched me today, and I demand satisfaction.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 42d
If the only men are rich nobles, sure.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 42d
We don't speak of the dirty ones! Also we don't bathe!
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
Back when men dressed like that they called it the end of masculinity
luthis@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 42d
Great episode
apex32@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 42d
For anyone curious, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S04E11 "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell"
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 42d
I thought that something like 40% of all cosmetics are bought by South Korean men.
aviationeast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
So looking like clowns just like today?
ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 42d