Elegance in an Age of Crisis, Part 2: His
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- This video explores key themes in "Elegance in an Age of Crisis," an exhibition about 1930s style, on view at The Museum at FIT from February 7 - April 19, 2014. Part 2 features menswear writer G. Bruce Boyer, Savile Row tailor Stephen Hitchcock, Luca Rubinacci of London House, and Massimiliano Attolini of Cesare Attolini discussing men's style of the era. Shot and edited for MFIT by Andrew Yamato. www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibiti...
I love this and wish we would get back to a more elegant dressing.
I had my first suit along with an overcoat and matching cap when I was 4 years old in 1951. That was how people dressed in Europe when going out or travelling.
The first thing you do to dress elegantly is to 'want' to, it's 50% of the journey right there. Then forge ahead and you will find that even while learning and making mistakes you'll be miles ahead of the 'herd' and the great unwashed! Amen.
Fascinating history.
elegance=always key...its rare now...
fascinating information concerning the history of men's fashion!
I love this. Thank you
NOTE: This was an Awesome Little Video. Please Post MORE? Thanks You. RCOBB
I'm glad there are still professionals around like Stephen Hitchcock, generally speaking people are so scruffy especially when they go out.
It would be nice to get back to an age where people wore clothes with more STYLE.
Generally speaking people don't have £5000 to spend on a suit, back then bespoke tailoring was a lot more common and affordable.
@@TheOmniscientAtheistthat's ludicrous. The issue isn't whether or not people are buying bespoke, its the absolute lack of effort and respect for themselves and others when dressing and handling themselves. Cary Grant is mentioned - he bought off the rack clothing often enough.
@@JR-hi9bu I judge people by how they act with me and not by the clothes they wear. Yes these suits are a work of art, but I actually find it really primitive that if someone wears a piece of cloth around their neck (tie) and a shiny watch etc that it somehow elevates their status and character. I'm glad we are moving away from it quite frankly.
@@TheOmniscientAtheist we are, in no sense at all, moving away from clothing being used to judge status. The mechanisms of it are just moving around. People will still see one person as superior to another because of the logo on a tracksuit in the same sense as somebody would see a peer as more important in a city suit over tweed. The difference is that you will be seen as better than somebody else if you wear a tracksuit in the stead of anything resembling something in the video. Fashions are becoming more primitive, is the general point.
@@TheOmniscientAtheist Like it or not, humans are visually oriented creatures. We constantly affect and are affected by our aesthetic surroundings. Who prefers seeing a woman in sweat pants, over skirt and heels? Money does not equal stye btw.
Life is quick, make each day special.
Beautiful teaching Sir. I have learnt to respect your lessons as a sure way to becoming a respectable man in dressing up
What a beautiful profession,
wow
0:51 It’s not a problem, it’s a ME problem!
Looking for part 1 ? Please link to this video
The first video is about the fashions for women of the period. The video has the same title, but is entitled Hers, instead of His
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Я тоже очень хочу ,чтобы люди начнут одеваться элегантно.Дурные окружение,плохо одетые люди отрицательно повлияет на психологии.Я тоже стала равнодушно относиться к своей внешности.
The reason men wore all these suits because sportswear / casual clothing had not yet been invented and was most definitely not mass produced. Once jeans, and polo shirts, and sneakers, and lightweight knit shirts came into mass production, the average man dropped suiting like a hot potato and never went back. Suiting is a marvelous craft but it is the corset of men- Uncomfortable and basically a prison and as the decades go on, less and less relevant to modern times.
If your suit is uncomfortable, you don't have the right tailor. With today's lightweight fabrics, and tailored to my body, I can do jumping jacks in my suit.
@@Stephen-bg8ol doubtful. Which is why u don't see men at the gym working out in tailored suits. 99% of suits are not made with any stretch fibers. Woven 100% virgin wool does not have any give. you are confusing fit with fabric stretch. You most definitely can not lift your arms over your head without your shirt tails popping out nor your blazer rising up 6 inches above your waist.
@Keir Winter so sad that you think the definition of a man is due to the clothes he wears. Tell it to Steve jobs. I guess by definition the definition of a woman is how well she performs in the kitchen or how well she keeps a clean house. Try not to be so superficial Keir. You can do better than that.
@@ovh992 instagram.com/reel/CQvK7XoqxAE/? it is extremely possible for people to have a wide range of motion in a suit, and in fact technical fabrics are getting so good that things like what I linked are possible. Shirts do not just come untucked- even without tailoring, 0 of my shirts come untucked when I lift my arms over my head. Shirts coming untucked is a matter of modern shirt manufacturers just making their shirts too short because it's what consumers are used to. That's not a problem with shirts, it is a problem with bad products. I can't lift my arms above my head without making my blazer pucker somewhat, but that is because i have a very off the rack+ tailoring and made to measure budget.
@@nijikirainijinosei92 No. Tailoring is a 2 piece garment meant to fit you while you are standing. Even when you sit down, you are supposed to unbutton the blazer in order not to pop it. Stretch fabrics where never intended for tailored clothing. The traditional suit is made in 100% wool or linen or cotton. Same for dress shirts. The sleeves are set in to hang down. Stretch fabrics were made to be suitable for activewear. Please post a video of yourself doing jumping jacks in a tailored suit. I am up for a good laugh. I give you 20 seconds before your shirt tails pop up and your hypothesis falls to your ankles.