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If customized, monocles can be worn securely with little effort. [citation needed] However, periodic adjustment is common for monocle wearers to keep the monocle from popping. Often only the rich could afford to have a monocle custom-fabricated, while the poor had to settle for ill-fitting monocles that were less comfortable and less secure.
Germans of wealth and power tended to wear monocles as a status symbol and, during this era, powerful Germans also tended to be members of the Nazi party. Also, let's face it, free-use pictures of men with monocles are rather hard to come by. We use what we have and ot's an excellent picture illustrating a monocle in use, which is why it leads.
c. 1910 top hat by Alfred Bertiel European royalty c. 1859 Austin Lane Crothers, 46th Governor of Maryland (1908–1912), wearing a top hat A top hat (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat.
The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky/hankie code, the bandana/bandanna code, and flagging) [1] is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes.
The trends of violets and monocles spread to Great Britain. [12] The play The Captive by Edouard Bourdet featured a woman who was sent violets by her female lover. [12] This play may have helped spread the trend of violets to the United States. [12] Some women still preferred to wear men’s clothing to express themselves.
As Remembrance Day approaches, many people choose to wear a red poppy to commemorate the soldiers who have died in war. It is worn as a symbol of memory and hope, for those who gave their lives in ...
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A brief history of face masks and why people wear them.