Even before then, silk had become so popular in the Western world that according to the book A History of Roads, by Geoffrey Hindley, edicts were issued “to restrain its use by men, ” since such use“ was considered effeminate. ”
בספרו תולדות הדרכים ‏ (A History of Roads) כותב ג’פרי הינדלי שהוצאו צווים ” לריסון השימוש של גברים בו ” משום שהוא ” נחשב מצרך נשי ” .‏