Great Male Renunciation
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The Great Male Renunciation is the historical phenomenon at the end of the 18th century in which wealthy men of the Western world ceased from using bright colours, elaborate shapes and variety in thei
Luis Francisco de la Cerda a Spanish nobleman in a lavish red justacorps, c. 1684. Painted by Jacob Ferdinand Voet.
Beau Brummell wearing a subdued color palette of white, black, navy blue, and buff; watercolor by Richard Dighton (1805)
Suit
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A suit, also called a lounge suit, business suit, dress suit, or formal suit, is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt
Great Male Renunciation
…abandoned their claim to be considered beautiful" and "henceforth aimed at being only useful". The Great Renunciation encouraged the establishment of the suit's monopoly on male dress codes at the beginning of the 19th century. The Great Male Renunciation began in the mid-18th century, inspired by the ideals…
Actor Matt Smith wearing a tweed three-piece suit
A man dressed in a three-piece suit and bowler hat
Three-piece tweed suit
Comparison of two notched lapel cuts: English (left) and Spanish (right). The former is the most commonly seen notched lapel.