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托斯丹·凡勃伦：有闲阶级论·摘录 82
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
The explanation of the fashions just offered, then, does not fully explain, and we shall have to look farther. It is well known that certain relatively stable styles and types of costume have been worked out in various parts of the world; as, for instance, among the Japanese, Chinese, and other Oriental nations; likewise among the Greeks, Romans, and other Eastern peoples of antiquity so also, in later times, among the peasants of nearly every country of Europe. These national or popular costumes are in most cases adjudged by competent critics to be more becoming, more artistic, than the fluctuating styles of modern civilized apparel. At the same time they are also, at least usually, less obviously wasteful; that is to say, other elements than that of a display of expense are more readily detected in their structure.
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定位：Excerpt 82 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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刚才对时尚的解释并不完整，还得往远处看。众所周知，世界不少地方都发展出了相对稳定的服装样式，比如日本、中国等东方国家，古希腊、古罗马等古代民族，以及后来欧洲几乎每个国家的农民。这些民族或民间服装，在多数情况下被有眼光的批评家判为比现代文明服装那种变来变去的款式更合身、更有艺术性。同时，它们通常也不那么明显地浪费；也就是说，从结构上更容易看出炫耀花费之外的其他考虑。
上下文
凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》以东方和民间传统服装为对照，说明稳定样式未必逊于现代时尚。
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你身边有没有一种“老土”但耐看又实用的穿着传统，被时尚忽略了？
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