Moda chasto kazhetsia chem-to sovershenno neponiatnym. Esli rassmotret' bol'shinstvo istoricheskikh periodov, mozhet pokazat'sia, chto tsel'iu mody bylo sdelat' vneshnost' kak mozhno bolee smeshnoi; chem neudobnei, tem luchshe. Esli kto-to nadeval nepraktichnye veshchi, on tem samym pokazyval, chto emu net neobkhodimosti rabotat' fizicheski.