Word: flugel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more scientific study, Professor J. C. Flugel in 1930 compiled The Psychology of Clothes. Among his first conclusions is "in the case of an individual whom we have never met, the clothes he is wearing tells at once something of his sex..." Proceeding from such sound observations, he concludes that the three purposes of clothing are decoration, modesty, and protection. In addition to traditional clothes ("a blush upon the face of humanity") he recognizes scars, tatoos, painting, mutilation, and deterioration. In the future he sees more zippers, fewer "finicky items" such as ties, collars flaps, and loose sleeves...