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Leper Asylum, Chios, Greece, 2024

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Clothing has long served as a useful way to mitigate close contact and unnecessary exposure. In the past, maintaining distance – especially between genders, classes and races – was an important aspect of social gatherings and public life. It was about etiquette and class. And fashion was the perfect tool. Take the Victorian-era "crinoline." This large, voluminous skirt, which became fashionable in the mid-19th century, was used to create a barrier between the genders in social settings. The bigger your skirt, the higher your status.

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way." - Jane Austen, Emma