On the other hand, tech CEOs wear t-shirts and flip flops and some venture capitalists refuse to invest in a company run by someone wearing a suit. Today, many workplaces ban braids and dreadlocks, long fingernails, large earrings, facial hair, and tattoos and require suits and ties, make-up, and high heels. As the rules that set the fashions of aristocracy faded, emerging canons of elegance and propriety made the full skirts of the Victorian era and the business suit mandatory later, form-fitting flapper skirts and voluminous zoot suits became targets of moral and legal censure. These dress codes have continued to evolve to reflect the social and political ideals of the day. As fashions became more sophisticated at the end of the middle ages, the rules got more elaborate: in Tudor England, there were dozens of laws against dressing above ones station during the Renaissance, laws in scores of countries, cities, and towns assigned attire according to social rank, occupation, age, sex, marital status, and religion. For as long as weve worn clothing, weve had rules about what to wear and when to wear it. Описание: A revelatory exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.
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