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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

wasn't the make up meant to hide the lesions and wigs to hide the peeling scalp and hair loss?

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

hair loss

... maybe we should bring back pompous wigs.

i also want to bring back balding friendly hair styles, which were popular across many cultures in the past, so much so that it was common for people to shave their heads to achieve it. look at traditional Japanese hair cuts, or European monks.

on paper they'll say there's a reason for that. but I'm being the style came first, then they justified it. because if they didn't like it in the first place, they wouldn't have done it and created reasons for them.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

. because if they didn’t like it in the first place, they wouldn’t have done it and created reasons for them.

I hear the european monks did it specifically because it's ugly.

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Those lesions and hair loss were usually caused by syphilis which was considered wildly scandalous at the time.

yhea but that still doesn't explain the colourful detailed outfits.

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