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you're not dressed according to the current fashion
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He should ideally be working or studying,
But he wastes the time showing off his clothes.
For a narrow mind
The limit of imagination and dreams is a "brand".
sure, but I don’t think that was the intention at the time
the woman in the pic is presented in the positive light compared to the guy, even though she has a lamentable-ish expression for some reason…
Yeah, I can’t speak to the cultural impacts at the time. It just brought up some of those feelings that I have from living in my cultural concept, and made me think a lot about what a liberated fashion even is.
I def think it’s a cool piece of historic artwork/propaganda. It made me think about a lot of things critically which is what great art does ☺