Clothing from 1600s shipwreck shows how the 1 percent lived First thought to belong to an English lady-in-waiting, the lavish silk clothing from a 17th-century Dutch vessel is just one of many mysteries surrounding the last voyage of the Palmwood Wreck.

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Clothing from 1600s shipwreck shows how the 1 percent lived First thought to belong to an English lady-in-waiting, the lavish silk clothing from a 17th-century Dutch vessel is just one of many mysteries surrounding the last voyage of the Palmwood Wreck. (archive.ph)

Behind paywall so archived

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Could have been how the 1% lived - or maybe times were better then and 15% lived that way, or even 30%.

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Rich people enjoy rich clothes

Correct, that's how it should be.

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