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October 26, 2008
First items of disposable consumer culture
Detached ruffs and decorative cuffs were securely attached to the outer garments for each wearing, using metal pins. It has been suggested that in economic terms, these pins are the first genuinely disposable commodities of emerging consumer culture, since they were bought in bulk, used once and then discarded (though there are records of the more frugal having their bent pins straightened for re-use).
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Underwear as outwear
Posted by thdyck on October 26, 2008
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