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Fascinating history of consumption as a cultural game-changer of class and status from the fifteenth to current century. Queen Elizabeth I forced anybody who was somebody to pay attention to high fashion and fads she set at her court, leading to unexpected consequences through the ages, especially for those families considered 'old money'.