• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    The last time I saw one was in France in about the 1990s. That’s because France in the 1990s is similar to everywhere else in the 1840s

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I wonder when the black-and-white striped shirt first came into existence in France. My guess would be the 1840s because of the spread of power loom technology.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        1858 when the French Navy instituted an official uniform for low level sailors. Previously they had worn their own clothes.