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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird to me how New Englanders think looking plain is virtuous or indicative of status. What's wrong with looking nice? [/quote] I say this with all seriousness, this is remnant of New England's puritan roots. Read up on Cotton Mather and 17th c. history, the puritans who colonized Massachusetts had no problem with earning money, they saw that as a sign of God's grace, but ostentatious displays of wealth were verboten- hence all the 17th c. portraits of dour men & women in black and gray. You could argue that this aesthetic is a status symbol to those in the know, and therefore is not as virtuous as you might think. It is certainly regional, having spent time around old money families in NYC (as a lowly peon, working events at the Met), those grand old dames were always immaculately coiffed.[/quote]
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