Marie Duplessis, French courtesan and Parisian celebrity, ... By the mid-1800s, ... Men’s fashion was also targeted.

For centuries, men’s fashion has been part of dynamic social change. Hairstyles, fabrics and suit styles have carried a political charge. From ‘macaronis’ to mohawks, men’s fashion has ...

It’s easy to think that men’s fashion is less exciting than women’s. “Most people’s idea of menswear is the standard business suit in a blue-black-brown palette,” says Sharon Takeda ...

The French and American Revolutions (1789-1799; 1775-1783) marked the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the individual. Men’s clothing began to convey these political and economic changes.