IT'S MUCH THE SAME NOW.
The following lines, from the Gentleman's Magazine of 1733, will give us some idea of what fashionable life was at that period:—
The Town Lady's Answer to,—"What tho' I am a Country Lass."
What tho' I am a London dame,
And lofty looks I bear, a?
I carry, sure, as good a name,
As those who russet wear, a.
What tho' my cloaths are rich brocades?
My skin it is more white, a
Than any of the country maids