In an exchange recorded by the chronicler William of Malmesbury, William rebuked Helias with his customary flamboyance: Do you think I care what you would do?
During the Edo Period, when Hinamatsuri became more established, some forms of the dolls were even dressed in resplendent robes modeled after those worn by royalty, adding to their flamboyance.
As the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein did after the second world war, it supplies neon-lit flamboyance after pinched grey years, and a sequence of earworm songs that you didn't realise you knew.
The decadence and flamboyance that characterized the previous decade came crashing down after October 29, 1929. Now known as Black Tuesday, billions of dollars invested in the stock market were wiped out in a single day.