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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 87

托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资

Something similar should hold true with respect to divers items of conspicuous consumption, and indeed something of the kind does seem to hold to a slight degree of sundry features of dress, especially if such features involve a marked discomfort or appearance of discomfort to the wearer. During the past one hundred years there is a tendency perceptible, in the development of men's dress especially, to discontinue methods of expenditure and the use of symbols of leisure which must have been irksome, which may have served a good purpose in their time, but the continuation of which among the upper classes today would be a work of supererogation; as, for instance, the use of powdered wigs and of gold lace, and the practice of constantly shaving the face. There has of late years been some slight recrudescence of the shaven face in polite society, but this is probably a transient and unadvised mimicry of the fashion imposed upon body servants, and it may fairly be expected to go the way of the powdered wig of our grandfathers.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/833
定位:Excerpt 87 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

类似的情况也应适用于炫耀性消费的各个项目,事实上,在服装的某些特征上,尤其是当这些特征给穿着者带来明显不适或显得不适时,似乎确实有某种类似情况在轻微程度上成立。过去一百年里,尤其是在男性服装的发展中,可以察觉到一种趋势:停止使用那些必定令人烦恼的支出方式和休闲象征,这些方式在其时代可能有过良好作用,但今天在上层阶级中继续使用将是多此一举;例如使用扑粉假发和金花边,以及不断刮脸的做法。近年来,上流社会刮脸之风略有复发,但这可能只是对强加于仆役的时尚的短暂而欠考虑的模仿,可以预料它会像我们祖父辈的扑粉假发一样成为过去。

上下文

凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论男性服装的演变,指出一些曾象征休闲的服饰因不便而逐渐被淘汰。

今日一问

我们是否也在盲目追随一些既不舒服又无实际意义的时尚?

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