Artisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down112
arrow-up1198arrow-down1external-linkTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comArtisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·5 months agoLadies had a maid, men buttoned themselves.
minus-squareMyVeryRealName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoThank you! Whole ass article for just one sentence.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·5 months 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-up9arrow-down1·5 months 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.
Really? I wonder who dictates clothing designs nowadays? 🤔
Facile but true.