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?
Yes, it’s pretty common knowledge that this is how many fashion trends were set. Unless you’re educated in the field and know that pop sci is wrong on this, there are less condescending ways to ask this.
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.
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?
Yes, it’s pretty common knowledge that this is how many fashion trends were set. Unless you’re educated in the field and know that pop sci is wrong on this, there are less condescending ways to ask this.
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.