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Question # 74
Read the following passage and answer the given question.
Paris was the undisputed capital of women's fashion from the 17th century until well into the 20th.
Among 18th-century dress styles, the most typically French was the sack dress, also known as the
robe à la française. which usually took the form of an open robe, with a joined bodice and skirt that
opened in front to reveal an underskirt or petticoat. Fashion in the 18th century was highly decorative
and luxurious for both men and women Fashionable display was controversial, however, and moralists
were scandalized by Bernard Mandeville's Fable of the Bees (1724). Which argued that private vices
might be public virtues. Taking an economic approach. Mandeville pointed out that lavish spending on
dress trickled down to employ numerous skilled anisans such as tailors and embroiderers

Q. Why did Mandeville say 'private vices might be public virtues'?​

Answer 1

Answer:

To justify the lavish spending on dresses

Answer 2

Answer:

The Mandeville said 'private vices might be public virtues' because the fashion of the 18th century was highly decorative and luxurious for both, men and women.

Explanation:

Bernard Mandeville filled moralists' minds with controversy for 18Th century's fashion by his work on Bernard Mandeville's Fable of the Bees (1724). He said that even though the fashion in the 18th century was decorative and luxurious, he did not like lavish spending on the dresses which required so many exceptionally skilled employees such as tailors and embroiderers, because hiring them requires a lot of money which Mandeville thought was a waste to spend this much money for fashion.