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The Suit - Form, Function and Style (Hardcover)
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The Suit - Form, Function and Style (Hardcover)
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For over 400 years the tailored suit has dominated wardrobes the
world over. Its simple forms, inspired by royal, military,
religious and professional clothing, have provided a functional and
often elegant uniform for modern life. But whether bespoke or
tailor-made, on the street or in the office, during times of
celebration or of crisis, we typically take the suit for granted,
ignoring its complex construction and many symbolic meanings.The
Suit unpicks the story of this most familiar garment, from its
emergence in western Europe at the end of the seventeenth century
to today. Suit-wearing figures such as the Savile Row gentleman and
the Wall Street businessman have long embodied ideas of tradition,
masculinity, power and respectability, but the suit has also been
used to disrupt concepts of gender and conformity. Adopted and
subverted by women, artists, musicians and social revolutionaries
through the decades - from dandies and Sapeurs to the Zoot Suit and
Le Smoking - the suit is also a device for challenging the status
quo. For all those interested in the history of menswear, this
beautifully illustrated book offers new perspectives on this most
mundane, and poetic, product of modern culture.
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