In ancient Greece to say “a woman wore flowered robes” was to
imply that she was a fille publique. Solon made it a law that
virtuous women should appear in simple and modest apparel, but that
harlots should always dress in flashy or flowered robes.
“As fugitive slaves are known by their stigmata, so flowered garments
indicate one of the demi-monde [moichalida]” - Clemens of Alexandria.
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