### Elizabethan England prioritized visible class distinctions > The other concern was that letting anyone wear just anything must lead inexorably to moral decline. If you couldn't tell a milkmaid from a countess at a glance, the very fabric of society might unravel. - ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ffr2ky4brzwj97b3tjbj20jk)) - [[Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes#Elizabethan England prioritized visible class distinctions|View in Vault]]