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Sharp suits / Eric Musgrave ; foreword by Richard James.
- Title
- Sharp suits / Eric Musgrave ; foreword by Richard James.
- Author
- Musgrave, Eric.
- Publication
- London : Pavilion, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- 199 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 30 cm.
- Summary
- A facinating look at men's most ubiquitous uniform and status symbol, from classic respectability to the heights of innovation. Features fantastic photographs of the suit from the 1860s to date. Celebrates suit-wearers, from dandies to diplomats, from law-makers to music-makers.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Convention or fashion? The single-breasted suit -- A question of balance : the double-breasted suit -- Princes among men : the striped suit -- The Italian job : the checked suit -- US male : the white suit -- Passion from Paris : The Dormeuil suits -- Lost in music : the Bowie suits -- The magic of the movies.
- ISBN
- 9781862058521 (hbk.)
- 1862058520 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 806267534
- SCSB-11227195
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library