Menswear History

  • 1505

    1500's

    1500's
    "In the early sixteenth century, dark and light furs were very popular instead of the bright red or brown furs favored in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries."
  • 1600's

    1600's
    John de Critz, the elder
  • 1700's

    1700's
    "Up until the 1730s, coats were knee-length, buttoning right to the hem, with full pleats at the sides. The cuffs were altered to the ‘mariner’s’ style of the 1750s, suggesting that the coat may have been worn by two generations of owners."
  • 1800's

    1800's
    Caricature of Beau Brummell by Robert Dighton, 1805.
  • 1900's

    1900's
    Traditional Mens Morning Suit