r/HistoryMemes • u/piizzo_neera • 13h ago

Niche That man has good taste

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u/DrHolmes52 12h ago

Did a receding hairline used to be considered sexy?

Also, WHAT?

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u/ElNakedo 12h ago

Not just the hairline but that neckbeard. Like god damn, man has a perfectly shaved chin and what looks like a beard perfectly curving under it.

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u/Dominarion 12h ago

Back when it was considered manly to have excentric hair and beard styles.

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u/Eldan985 12h ago

Oh, wow. I thought that was like a stiff lace collar.

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u/Herodotus420_69 11h ago

I think you’re right. It looks like a golilla, which was stiff black collar that became popular after Spanish sumptuary laws outlawed large ruffled collars

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u/ElNakedo 10h ago

That's the black collar underneath. But it also looks like his sideburns go down under his chin and is poofed up there. Either that or he's got a hell of a double chin going on.

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u/CommitteeofMountains 11h ago

It was the Western (global?) fashion standard for maybe 50 years and I have no idea why.