Who argued that members of the lower classes emulate the fashions of the upper class?
A) Thorstein Veblen
B) Pierre Bourdieu
C) Georg Simmel
D) Robert Park

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Georg Simmel argued that fashion serves both to distinguish the upper class from the lower class and to provide a way for the lower class to emulate or copy the upper class, in a process he described as "trickle-down" theory.

Who Argued That Members of the Lower Classes Emulate the Fashions