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Men have lost our sense of style ๐Ÿ˜” (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] dunidane@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 17 hours ago

Great Male Renunciation. A reaction to the French revolution. How style for men was displayed no longer through expense of colors or keeping up with changing trends. Instead that wealth was shown by knowing the right materials to look like any common man but to those in the know be showing your class.