sumptuary
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(adjective) relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury / (adjective) designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds / sumptuary law = law restricting consumption (notable during middle ages)
The Baffler Issue 54: ReGlobalization
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The Baffler Issue 54: ReGlobalization
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badly designed American sportswear made by East Asian factory workers is the uniform of the urban poor, a surer class marker than anything mandated by Medieval sumptuary laws.
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