Category Archives: Men’s fashion

More WTF (What the Fashion) Shock Chic

Posted on 2017-07-04 by Jonathan

This is an excellent example of a wearable art collection that presents itself as a provocative fashion idea, but is not intended to be taken as a serious fashion direction. These collections get far more attention than they warrant, mostly … Continue reading →

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Beefcake with your cheesecake

Posted on 2017-06-14 by Jonathan

A recent article on Messy Nessy brought up a little known piece of sexist uniform history – beefcake carhops. According to Paula Bosse of Flashback Dallas in the late 1930s “Women were dressing in scanty outfits, hula skirts, midriff-baring costumes, to serve drive-in … Continue reading →

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James Bond – the fashion model

Posted on 2017-05-30 by Jonathan

Both Sean Connery and Roger Moore had more in common than being James Bond – they were also models, but very different kinds of models. Roger Moore donned cardigans and sweater-vests in the late 1940s and early 1950s while Sean Connery often … Continue reading →

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Glossary – Budgie Smuggler

Posted on 2017-05-25 by Jonathan

Originally an Australian slang term for a pair of tightly-fitted briefly-cut Speedo-style men’s swimwear that highlight the male bulge – likening it to what a smuggled budgie might look like. The term appeared shortly after the turn of the millennium – the … Continue reading →

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Fashionista – Count Alfred d’Orsay (1801-1852)

Posted on 2017-04-20 by Jonathan

There have been many fashion leaders who never designed: Kim Kardashian, Twiggy, Madame de Pompadour, Jenny Lind, Lily Langtry, Beau Brummel, and Alfred Guillaume Gabriel – the Count d’Orsay. D’Orsay (1801 – 1852) was a French gentleman who married into … Continue reading →

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Fashion in Song – Mr. Poppleton’s Moustache – c. 1860

Posted on 2017-01-17 by Jonathan

I can’t find a publication date for this c. 1860 comic song, but it was composed by English song writer and lyricist Henry Walker and published in London.                     They say … Continue reading →

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Canadian Fashion Connection – Shiffer-Hillman

Posted on 2016-11-28 by Jonathan

Toronto’s garment district developed along Spadina Avenue in the 1920s adjacent to ‘The Ward’ – Toronto’s version of New York’s Lower East Side where recent (primarily Jewish) immigrants lived. In 1929, a handsome 12 story building, that looked like it had been transplanted … Continue reading →

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Cross dressing violation

Posted on 2016-08-15 by Jonathan

I snagged this photo off of messynessychic.com  (not very original of me to so blatantly lift someone else’s blog material, but the photo was too good!)

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Canadian Fashion Connection – McGregor Socks

Posted on 2016-07-17 by Jonathan

McGregor Socks was founded in Toronto in 1928 by brothers Jack and Nathan Lipson and brother-in-law Joseph Doran. Although none had Scottish roots, the name was chosen to capitalize on the stereotype of the frugal Scot. In the late 1930s … Continue reading →

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Canadian Fashion Connection – Stetson

Posted on 2016-07-14 by Jonathan

As an integral element of the lone cowboy – the Stetson hat is a symbol of America – but a large part of its history played out in Canada. In 1902 the Union Hat Works of St. John’s, Quebec agreed to … Continue reading →

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