It was a fictional character in La Comedia del Arte. A sort of jester with flashy clothing.
It's proto neo theater from the Renaissance.
Harlequin is also now known for the pattern of his trousers. Checkered losanges tilted on its diamond angle.
looks to me like you looked that up
Nope. I'm french speaking Belgian. We use that word in french for the pattern look. For example, the pattern of Burlington Sox is harlequin.
Another fun fact about harlequin : the character Harley Quinn comes from harlequin and both of the characters have the same patterned trousers and jester look
the character Harley Quinn comes from harlequin
Kind of like the character King Farquad comes from fuckwad.
Also, the duck.
Nice. Sorry to have doubted you
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