History of Menswear
1800 - present day

Areas to Research:

 A Year in Fashion: 1814: Etiquette: Lord Chesterfield Online Book

 A Year in Fashion: 1847: Illustarion

 A Year in Fashion: 1882: Etiquette

  A Year in Fashion: 1901: Outing Fashions: Golf, Cycling, & Tennis

  A Year in Fashion: 1901: Patterns: Men and Boys Shirts

  A Year in Fashion: 1901: Weddings: Good Form in Men's Attire

 A Year in Fashion: 1910: Menswear

 A Year in Fashion: 1920: Beyond Russian Comprehension: Men Shaving

 A Year in Fashion: 1920: Where Men's Hats are Made to Order

 A Year in Fashion: 1922: Uniforms in Rubber

 A Year in Fashion: 1923: Men's Suits

 A Year in Fashion: 1923: Band Uniforms

 Conk Hairstyles: Bad Fads Museum

 D.A. Hairstyles: Bad Fads Museum

 History of the Top Hat

 History of the Tuxedo

 How to Tie a Bowtie

 KNOT-Kollectors of Nasty Old Ties

 Leisure Suit Inventor

 Leisure Suit Lovers Boogie Down

 Levi Strauss Company History

 Mark Twain's Viewpoint on Men's Fashion, 1906, New York Times

 Men's Fashions in the 1920s: by Carol Nolan

 Men's Fashions in the 1930s: by Carol Nolan

 Men's Fashions in the 1940s: by Carol Nolan

 One of the First Men's Shirt Manufacturer, Oliver Winchester, Bio.

 Similarities Between Men's and Women's Fashions thru History (CNN article)

 Teddy Boys in the 1950-1970s

 Zoot Suits by Pachunco

 Zoot Suit Riots

 Suggested Reading:

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A History of Men's Fashion

A Gentleman's Guide to Appearance

Cut of Men's Clothes: 1600-1900

Men's Fashion in the Twentieth Century

Men's Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century

The Indispensable Guide to Classic Men's Clothing

Fashion in Film: Men

Esquire's Things a Man Should Know About Style

Style and the Man

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