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What caused the change from the flashy male fashion of the late eighteenth century (wigs, heeled shoes, stockings, colorful coats etc) to the more austere styles of the early nineteenth (drab colors, simple coats, short hair etc)?

by /u/Tiako in /r/AskHistorians

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