Why the tailored #suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with #power

source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/why-the-tailored-suit--not-ruffles-and-lace--became-synonymous-with-power/2021/05/20/b3a0099c-a9fb-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html

“The Great Masculine Renunciation overturned the symbols of #status, #sex, and political power established in the late Middle Ages and created a new sartorial vocabulary for the expression of individual personality. It made understatement into a new kind of status #symbol, which required savoir faire as well as ready cash to exhibit. And, because it was a #masculine phenomenon, it excluded #women who sought power and status.”

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