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minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 month agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 month agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month 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 month agoThanks for the lovely rabbit hole to fall into
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThe powdered wig served the same purpose.
And wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
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
The powdered wig served the same purpose.