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Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change, by W. David Marx

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The ancient fashion trend for Tyrian purple, then, had less to do with an intrinsic human preference for those particular wavelengths of light and more about cachet. The emperor desired purple, because the bold color served as an exclusive marker.
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Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
by W. David Marx
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