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[–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

think for a moment:

the gentry that had servants - a tiny sliver of the overall population - dictated clothing design for the overwhelming majority of NON gentry - does that seem... plausible?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah, it does. Pretty sure buttons were less common pre-industrialization, limited mostly to more elaborate, fancy clothes. By the time adding buttons was cheap enough for the bulk of the population, design principles were already established.

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