red shoes........like the granny cult that meets for coffee and plays bridge and wears red hats....except this one is for pompous elitist douchebags???
from redshoemovement.com:
"In the XVII and XVIII centuries, under Louis XIV, only aristocratic men had the right to wear red heels. At the time, red ink came from grinding a red insect imported from Mexico, which made it extremely expensive. This clearly separated the haves and the have-nots. Naturally, red heels went out of fashion with the arrival of the French Revolution."
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openminded ago
red shoes........like the granny cult that meets for coffee and plays bridge and wears red hats....except this one is for pompous elitist douchebags???
from redshoemovement.com:
"In the XVII and XVIII centuries, under Louis XIV, only aristocratic men had the right to wear red heels. At the time, red ink came from grinding a red insect imported from Mexico, which made it extremely expensive. This clearly separated the haves and the have-nots. Naturally, red heels went out of fashion with the arrival of the French Revolution."
nomorepepperoni ago
Seems this answer favors Occam's Razor.
Somehow, I don't see their decision to separate themselves from American "have-nots" to be too wise...
openminded ago
it's arrogance
THE_LIES_OH_THE_LIES ago
There ya go:
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1491256
Louis IV is in the lineage of this power schema, which exists today.