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How Did the New Fashion Practices of the Eighteenth Century

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How did the new fashion practices of the eighteenth century demonstrate changes in gender distinctions?


A) Men increasingly moved away from ostentatious fashions and toward plain dark suits, while women acquired larger and more expensive wardrobes.
B) Men adopted the wide variety of clothing options that consumer society made available, while women retained the conservative dress of the ideal virtuous women.
C) Men increasingly embraced a colorful clothing style to display their wealth, while women adopted a practical garb appropriate for managing the household.
D) Men increasingly emulated court dress in order to demonstrate their social assent while women adopted religious clothing to demonstrate their piety.

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