A strange little side quest
Before the next round of Getting Ready for Xmas Dressup, here is a piece of the bigger picture. By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. It also connects to a different milestone: Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. So a round of Getting Ready for Xmas Dressup is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer fashion and style timeline.
