Precolonial Filipinos wore gold because they believed that it warded off evil spirits. They never would've guessed that the very spirits they feared came from a golden world beyond their understanding - the Likod-Silid
[Boxer Codex, c. 1500s]
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A 300-pound William Howard Taft forcing his weight on this poor creature is the perfect metaphor for America’s villainous occupation of the Philippines
One of the greatest crimes of 20th-century fashion was the death of the cape.
For centuries, people looked at a cape and thought, "Hell yeah." Then modern fashion came along and decided everything had to be jackets, hoodies, and coats. Not even capelets survived the purge. And now if you wear one, people mock you for it.
God, I hate modern fashion.
Some of my favorite examples of Africans blending Traditional Clothing with European clothing resulting in a hybrid attire that just looks so Damm good
You guys are such cliches. He has no idea what he's wearing. He's buttoned both buttons on a two button jacket, which is basically never acceptable. He's wearing a tie pin with a waistcoat. The collar is wrong and it's unbuttoned. Combining 1920s hair with a Victorian moustache is gauche. He looks like a waiter at a try-hard artisanal cocktail place in 2014.