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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.