{"product_id":"9781789144963","title":"The Suit","description":"Author: Christopher Breward\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789144963\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Suit\u003c\/i\u003e unpicks the story of this most familiar garment, from its emergence in western Europe at the end of the seventeenth century to today. Suit-wearing figures such as the Savile Row gentleman and the Wall Street businessman have long embodied ideas of tradition, masculinity, power and respectability, but the suit has also been used to disrupt concepts of gender and conformity. Adopted and subverted by women, artists, musicians and social revolutionaries through the decades  from dandies and Sapeurs to the Zoot Suit and Le Smoking  the suit is also a device for challenging the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all those interested in the history of menswear, this beautifully illustrated book offers new perspectives on this most mundane, and poetic, product of modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852924244126,"sku":"ADS-9781789144963","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789144963.jpg?v=1779064862","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789144963","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}