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Gosh, I miss how organized and rich the Old World culture was. Today's culture, is broad and spiritually hollow by comparison.
yes... great if you were rich
besides 'if you were rich' is same trade-off as today's world...
Just what % of the population actually wore those clothes back then? Are we comparing ourselves to what the 1% or 0.1% wore?
Just what % of the population actually wore those clothes back then? Are we comparing ourselves to what the 1% or 0.1% wore?
It was notables and nobles clothing, so 10%? plus military. Plus all the textile workers where tint was available, so I guess quite a lot.
Just what % of the population actually wore those clothes back then? Are we comparing ourselves to what the 1% or 0.1% wore?
It was notables and nobles clothing, so 10%? plus military. Plus all the textile workers where tint was available, so I guess quite a lot.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the modern era everyone is rich to their standards.
Are we though? I sure as heck can't afford to pay a staff of servants.
With respect to material culture - so also with respect to what clothing styles and fashions are possible - anybody who can afford a car is far richer than people who had servants a hundred years ago.
So it makes sense that people who care about quality moved away from colorful things.
Gosh, I miss how organized and rich the Old World culture was. Today's culture, is broad and spiritually hollow by comparison.
From the musical “Hair”: I would just like to say that it is my conviction That longer hair and other flamboyant affectations Of appearance are nothing more than the male's emergence From his drab camouflage into the gaudy plumage Which is the birthright of his sex There is a peculiar notion that elegant plumage And fine feathers are not proper for the man When actually that is the way things are in most species