But reading this because it doesn’t render in reader mode. But what is this picture labeled cottagecore 1940? Im pretty sure it wasn’t called cottagecore back then. I think they probably just called it clothing.
The past was not that cute
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https://juliawise.net/the-past-was-not-that-cute/
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 13 hours ago
It does actually help to read the article. That will answer your question.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
I think, she’s just showing an example of the aesthetic that we would now call “cottagecore”, even though it would not have been called that back then. Lots of trends did not have a name when they were their most popular…
starlinguk@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Why did Rachel not have to help out, is my question.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Her mother wanted her to have a different life, I can imagine she was intentionally kept out of it.
Valmond@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It’s like Socialist Realism, looks really good, but it was all propaganda.