The Englishman's Suit - Hardcover

Amies, Hardy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 070437076X ISBN 13: 9780704370760

Publisher: Quartet Books, 1994

Synopsis

An account of the development of the suit, from the seventeenth century to the present day, from the mysteries of button placement to the influences of princes and kings as early trend setters.

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Review:

'... thoroughly good-natured and as comfortable as an old pair of corduroys... If it fails to smarten you up, this book will succeed in entertaining you' --Sunday Telegraph

'This slim, witty book is much more than a treatise on the Englishman's suit... it is wonderfully enjoyable reading, rather like Galahad at Blandings...' --Auberon Waugh

'Part costume history, part social commentary and part handbook for the uninitiated but aspiring, The Englishman's Suit traces the garment's first appearance at the time of the Restoration, charts its evolution through the innovations of Beau Brummel, Edwards VII and VIII, and surveys its dominance today in international politics and business. Amies places the modern double-breasted jacket as a direct descendant of the eighteenth-century riding coat, the single-breasted jacket as the progeny of the shooting jacket and proves that the suit, rather like the author himself, is one of life's great survivors.' --GQ Magazine

About the Author:

Hardy Amies was born in London in 1909. He lived and worked in France and Germany before returning to London to work as a couturier. During the war he served as an intelligence officer in the SOE and in 1946 he founded his own fashion house. His salon was one of the few which would rival the great dress houses of Paris. He was dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II and was knighted in 1989. He died in 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quartet Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 070437076X
• ISBN 13: 9780704370760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96