Artisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comArtisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoLadies had a maid, men buttoned themselves.
minus-squareMyVeryRealName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThank you! Whole ass article for just one sentence.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agono, a sliver of the society had maids to dress them. the idea that such a tiny portion of the populace dictated clothing design through the ages is facile imho.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoReally? I wonder who dictates clothing designs nowadays? 🤔
Ladies had a maid, men buttoned themselves.
Thank you! Whole ass article for just one sentence.
no, a sliver of the society had maids to dress them. the idea that such a tiny portion of the populace dictated clothing design through the ages is facile imho.
Facile but true.
Really? I wonder who dictates clothing designs nowadays? 🤔