People will look back on fashions 100+ years ago and think of them as frivolous, non-functional, and the result of social pressure, which has some truth but like...
Half the US is boiling alive right now in 100+ degree heat indexes, and yet how many hats do you see? How many parasols? How many hand fans? Almost none.
Because in 2025, people would rather burn than "look silly" in a wide brim hat, or come off as some old movie lady by carrying a parasol/umbrella, or daring to wave a collapsible fan under their faces.
In many ways, we are more worried about fashion and aesthetics now than we ever have been.
















