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minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 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-up0·6 months agoThanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe powdered wife served the same purpose.
minus-squarebiggerBear@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoDon’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoLike all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.
Pretty sure only aristocrats dressed like that.
And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
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
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
The powdered wife served the same purpose.
Don’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
Like all things it started with them and then gained popularity through all social classes.