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To: Frank_2001

There are a number of class markers, most associated with clothing.

They used to be hard and fast in many societies, with quite a few coming up with (usually ineffective) sumptuary laws prescribing what you could wear based on your station in life. In America they still exist, but are mostly effective at separating out the lower rather than the higher classes from the herd.


26 posted on 05/09/2015 3:24:17 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
There are a number of class markers, most associated with clothing.

Weight is a better marker than clothes these days. Clothes can be , but only when people are TRYING to dress well. You can't usually tell social class on a dressed down person.

28 posted on 05/09/2015 3:35:53 AM PDT by southern rock
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