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Odd Customs on Senses and Appearances Across History
The author surveys odd customs driven by taste and sight from Spain Portugal spectacles to long hair beards and face patches. Examples include traders in Spain wearing spectacles for status, medieval bans on long hair, rulers enforcing beard fashion, and Moonbeams on complexions. The piece notes how fashion follows desire to please senses or gratify inclinations and hints at broader social critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raf
Spain
Portugal
Rouen
Louisiana
Ee Hai Okadeia
Portuguezes
Eunwisi
Valin
Paul
William I
Serlon
Seez
Carentan
Henry I
England
Amiens
Godefroi
Gangra
Otho’s
Germany
Francis I
Francis Oliver
Paris
M. Richard Mithon
Lewis XIV
Apollo
Ovid
Campo