The importance of fashion in Victorian London and the overwhelming number of dressmakers and servants who were employed support the conclusion that Londoners were preoccupied with

a. crime.

b. sanitation.

c. employment.

d. appearances.

It could be argued that the importance of fashion in Victorian London and the overwhelming number of dressmakers and servants who were employed support the conclusion that Londoners were preoccupied with "appearances," sine they were very much obsessed with the way they looked in public.