22-09-2018, 10:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 22-09-2018, 10:57 AM by davidjackson.)
Yes, that's basically it. The richer you were, the more you could display. Hence the sumptuary laws, which attempted to regulate clothing by social status, to prevent the artisans (who were starting to develop into a middle class) from showing off too much. The laws were also economic in nature, attempting to prevent expensive imports.
Slitting of fabrics was a popular southern tendency, but as I understand it this was frowned upon in the north as being "too showy". You did it to show that your undergarments (and I'm talking vests, not pants!) were of fine fabric and colour.
But in any case you wouldn't see this in the small perspective we have of Mr. Gemini.
Slitting of fabrics was a popular southern tendency, but as I understand it this was frowned upon in the north as being "too showy". You did it to show that your undergarments (and I'm talking vests, not pants!) were of fine fabric and colour.
But in any case you wouldn't see this in the small perspective we have of Mr. Gemini.