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Dress [ Clothing & Fashion / Taste & Manners ]
… fit to do in particular social company meant that certain modes of fashionable attire were established, especially at court and other public events, and these were always reflective of the individual’s social rank and wealth. With dress … that of a higher Rank, nor raise Envy in their own. What Difference is there now between the Dress of a Citizen and a Courtier , of a Taylor and a Gentleman , of a Servant and a Master ? The Maid is very often mistaken for the Mistress , … According to Hannah Greig, ’Wearing appropriate dress was an essential passport for access, and the clothing demanded by court events followed specific protocols. [...] Personal bills and household accounts reveal the staggering expense that …
Clothes | Consumption | Dress | Fashion | Rank | Women
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Shoes [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… these in order to participate in an apparently frivolous activity, whereas women wore them all the time. At balls or at court, men continued to wear the old patrician ensemble of shoes, stockings and breeches. Indeed, such spaces had strict …
Dance | Dress | Elite | Gender | Shoes
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