Hidden Consumer Masculinities, Fashion and City Life 1860-1914

"After the war, the range of garments available to women expanded hugely, while those acceptable to men who did not want to make a spectacle of themselves continued to dwindle until the Sixties. Plus-fours, spats, hats, and even waistcoats largely disappeared. The tie was almost the only thing that allowed a degree of personal expression without attracting suspicions of camp....As Breward argues was the case for the 19th-centruy, so today the vocabulary of the conventional male dress, though limited--almost covert--is precise and meaningful.Breward, Christopher is the author of 'Hidden Consumer Masculinities, Fashion and City Life 1860-1914' with ISBN 9780719047992 and ISBN 0719047994.