#1560s menswear

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Red silk doublet and breeches, 1562, Italian.

Worn by Garzia de Medici.

Uffizi Gallery.

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Up Close: Armour, c.1565 (The MET)

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Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear opens March 19, 2022

Now through November 6th, 2022, you can see what they call “the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance.” Which means they are looking at all kinds of art in which men appear, like sculptures and paintings, as well as photographs and even film. They are going far back in time to the classical period up to contemporary menswear designers today. This is the V&A, or Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.

When nobles still ruled kingdoms, men like to show off their wealth to tell other people how powerful they were. See the portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese painted by Sofonisba Anguissola around 1560 and appreciate his pearls and ermine, feathers, lace and brocade. Notice how much less flashy were the wool coat and trousers costume along with a top hat from around 1850 and made in the United States. This was as men were launching themselves on the Great Masculine Renunciation of bright colors and embellishment. Yes, the waistcoat here seems rather flashy and so do the light-colored trousers, but soon men would find themselves all in dark colors save for their shirts and possibly their ties. Dark, boring clothes were for men, who were supposed to be the serious and rational sex, and all that flashy stuff was reserved for women. As I said, they go right up to today and you can see a lot of fashion with no such renunciation.

For more on the show which required tickets, go here:  https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/fashioning-masculinities-the-art-of-menswear

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It’s Paris Fashion Week (Menswear)! Let they lewks consume you! Anyone catch @palomospain’s absolutely DIVINE AW18 collection? Brava! Stupendo!

Giovanni Battista Moroni “Portrait of Gian Gerolamo Grumelli” Italian statesman and noble, 1560. Royal Academy of Arts

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Field and Tournament Armor of Johann Wilhelm (1530–1573), Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Attr. to Anton Peffenhauser 

c.1565

The MET

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Up Close: Armour c.1565 (The MET)