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minus-squarefartsparkles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·22 hours agoAnd wasn’t the makeup to hide chlamydia / syphilis etc?
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 hours 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-squarehanrahan@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·19 hours agoSure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoThe powdered wife served the same purpose.
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/
Sure and perume was becase you didn’t bathe … And yet we still use both
The powdered wife served the same purpose.