Pretty Gentlemen - Macaroni Men and the Eighteenth-Century Fashion World (McNeil Peter (University of Technology and Stockholm University))(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of British male fashion of the late eighteenth century "A brilliant account of a controversial moment in men's self-fashioning."--Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology The term "macaroni" was once as familiar a label as "punk" or "hipster" is today. In this handsomely illustrated book devoted to notable eighteenth-century British male fashion, award-winning author and fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together dress, biography, and historical events with the broader visual and material culture of the late eighteenth century. For thirty years, "macaroni" was a highly topical word, yielding a complex set of social, sexual, and cultural associations. Pretty Gentlemen is grounded in surviving dress, archival documents, and art spanning hierarchies and genres, from scurrilous caricature
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