It has a name: the Great Male Renunciation.
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That 1948 looks pretty damn good too though.
We stan bisexual icon Cary Grant
What, should we bring back the macaroni hairstyle?
2003 vs. 2017. Maybe we're headed back in the right direction.
Those old jackets were awful but the new pants are way too slim, look at how they wrinkle!
I forgot that "wearing my dad's suit to prom" was the fashionable look for a while
Wait, do you mean we're going to get NBA All-Stars, Codpiece Edition!?!
I forget peak baggy pants made it into suits as well lol. It was an ok look for jeans (at an earlier point in the spectrum before it got ridiculous baggy, which is of course subjective) But the suits are always too funny. Like how many times can you wear those pants before they are ruined?
Those oversized suits are soooo ugly...
Slowly healing
Great Male Renunciation. A reaction to the French revolution. How style for men was displayed no longer through expense of colors or keeping up with changing trends. Instead that wealth was shown by knowing the right materials to look like any common man but to those in the know be showing your class.
This comm is always reminding me of Behind the Bastards. The whole suit and tie thing had to come from somewhere didn't it?
Part One: Beau Brummell: The First Celebrity and Inventor of the Suit and Tie
Part Two: Beau Brummell: The First Celebrity and Inventor of the Suit and Tie
The French Revolution, mostly.
I prefer either of these for parties over the casual men outfits today.
but have you considered
comfortable
A well cut suite made is really comfortable. I think many complaints about uncomfortable suits are from people who only know cheap plastic suites.
Yes and as an autist i consider that the most important metric, no one should feel pressured to wear something uncomfortable, that said dressing in personally liked style itself can be a comfort of itself