Men, men, manly men

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kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 42d (2 replies)

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 (1 reply)

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 (4 replies)

MmmYeeeessssssSs

mysteriousquote@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 42d (2 replies)

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 (1 reply)

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 (1 reply)

The Great Male Unification is a pretty interesting topic about how men gave up fashion.

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.

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 (1 reply)

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 (1 reply)

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
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