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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Beau Brummel's influence is the reason, though he would have detested the uniformity of it all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell

A good Behind the Bastards on him: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00n2CANk00e5P2L0H348h1?si=1VhgCCRnQQueiPBFSfjJLg

Tap for spoilerpossibly the only non bastard to make it onto a non-Christmas episode

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did they even agree he was a bastard? I vaguely remember this episode. I recall it being pretty tame.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Tap for spoilerpossibly the only non bastard to make it onto a non-Christmas episode

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Kind of. A bastard in the sense that he was a major influence to modern men's fashion and fast fashion as a whole, but otherwise he was really a victim of the system that sought a way out and unwittingly contributed to the very same system, not to mention that he was kind of a jerk.