Called it Macaroni

Seen above is an engraving from 1773 by British artist Philip Dawe, depicting “the Macaroni.”  The Macaroni’s fashion is marked by extremes, especially in the hairstyle, and also by the adoption of feminine aristocratic style of the era.

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