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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 81
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
It would seem at first sight that the result of such an unremitting struggle to attain the beautiful in dress should be a gradual approach to artistic perfection. We might naturally expect that the fashions should show a well-marked trend in the direction of some one or more types of apparel eminently becoming to the human form; and we might even feel that we have substantial ground for the hope that today, after all the ingenuity and effort which have been spent on dress these many years, the fashions should have achieved a relative perfection and a relative stability, closely approximating to a permanently tenable artistic ideal. But such is not the case. It would be very hazardous indeed to assert that the styles of today are intrinsically more becoming than those of ten years ago, or than those of twenty, or fifty, or one hundred years ago. On the other hand, the assertion freely goes uncontradicted that styles in vogue two thousand years ago are more becoming than the most elaborate and painstaking constructions of today.
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定位:Excerpt 81 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
乍看之下,这样不停追求穿着之美,结果应该是逐渐接近艺术上的完美。我们自然会期待时尚朝着某几种特别合身的服装类型发展,甚至觉得有理由希望:经过这么多年在衣服上花的心思和功夫,今天的时尚应该已经达到相对完美和稳定,接近一个能长久成立的审美理想。但事实并非如此。要说今天的款式本质上比十年前、二十年前、五十年前或一百年前更合身,那是很冒险的。反过来,说两千年前流行的款式比今天最精心制作的服装更合身,倒没人反驳。
上下文
凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》质疑时尚进步论,指出服装变化未必带来审美上的实质进步。
今日一问
你相信今天的审美一定比过去好吗?有没有反例?
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