#18th Century Menswear

[somethingwithmoles]

Thomas Hudson, Portrait of a Man, 1750, oil on canvas, 127.3 x 102 cm, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Source: Wikimedia Commons

[dreadpirateambrose]

I made myself an OFMD inspired banyan/dressing gown!

I am ready for piracy.

[fashionsfromhistory]

Banyan

c.1750

Coromandel Coast, India for Western Market

LACMA (Accession Number: M.2005.42)

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Ensemble (Coat and Trousers).

Date: ca. 1795

Medium: Cotton warp- and weft-faced twill

[benjhawkins]

Men’s coat, ca. 18th century.

I love the flower details on the buttons, perhaps they’re forget-me-nots and this was made for a wedding?

[thesixthduke]

[amphibious-thing]

Pop history loves compelling but simple stories but actual history is nuanced . Pink was a masculine colour until the Nazi’s used it as a symbol for homosexuality is a compelling story but it’s not really true. There are elements of truth in it. But it’s not as simple as that.

[luminarai]

time for an extremely specific fashion history question: does anybody have any references to what winter wear for common people looked like in western europe in approx the mid-1700s??? anything from around 1720-1780 would be an amazing help, especially menswear. just practical warm clothing and work wear for the outdoors.

I have been Googling for hours and I’m getting almost nothing useful, mostly just upper class fashion, which is basically the opposite of what I’m looking for

[my18thcenturysource]

Planche 2, Cabinet des Modes, May 15th 1786, Bibliothèque Nationale Française.

We already looked at the female look for this Cabinet des Modes edition, here we have the male, which I LOVE, because late 18th century menswear is just *chef kiss*. The description is a little shorter than the one for the woman, but here we are in my loose and shortened rough translation:

Plate 2 The coat and waistcoat of the man shown in this plate, are made of spring velvet in a lemon green background with green stripes and lilac spots. The buttons that decorate the coat and waistcoat are enameled and speckled in a contrasting colour. The breeches are made of black liver cloth and the fit is snug/tight. The stockings are white and the shoes have red heels (this fashion is not for everyone) (...). The man wears a white plumed hat on his arms, and lace ruffle on his wrists. He has his left hand in his waistcoat pocket, and his right in his coat pocket.

[somethingwithmoles]

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Portrait of Nicolas Châtelain, 1791, oil on canvas, 219 x 133.5 cm, Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Source: Wikimedia Commons

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Blue Embroidered Silk Coat, French, ca. 1775.

Cora Ginsburg.

[spitalfields-silk]

Man's sleeved waistcoat of ivory silk, 1755c, Spitalfields, English; brocaded with silk and metal thread

[fashionsfromhistory]

Court Suit

1790s

United Kingdom

Victoria & Albert

[nostalgia-tblr]

so the master was rasputin and this guy???

[empirearchives]

I’m in love with this embroidery detail

Waistcoat, France, circa 1785-95

White silk waistcoat with high stand collar and straight hem edge. Very deep border at front edges of a curving, flowering vine. At the bottom, embroidered figures in classical dress stand in front of a stone balustrade with urns of flowers and fruit trees. The figures represent Dido and Aeneas, from the opera by Piccini and Marmontel, produced in 1785. The figure of Dido is after a drawing by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune for the costume worn by Mlle. de Saint-Huberty. In twenty-five colors of silk.

[perereiii]

traditionally women's clothing peaked late victorian and early edwardian and traditionally men's clothing peaked edwardian through the 1940s sorry not sorry