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minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 days agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoI think it’s also for the opposite? I mean, the white face, rosy cheeks and red lips were popularized due to the romantization of tuberculosis. The guy on the left could literally have tuberculosis looking at his face. One of the many sources: https://historycollection.com/tuberculosis-became-the-victorian-standard-of-beauty/
minus-squareheyWhatsay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThe powdered wig served the same purpose.
minus-squarebiggerBear@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoDon’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
I think it’s also for the opposite? I mean, the white face, rosy cheeks and red lips were popularized due to the romantization of tuberculosis. The guy on the left could literally have tuberculosis looking at his face.
One of the many sources: https://historycollection.com/tuberculosis-became-the-victorian-standard-of-beauty/
Thanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
The powdered wig served the same purpose.
Don’t forget the wig for down under, the merkin!
Fam be jerkin for that Merkin.