Upon the launch of
Manners & Mutiny, here's a little glimpse for you, Fashionable Reader, regarding style for men in the 1850's. These are the kind of things that Felix Mersey and the Pistons were wearing.
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Suit 1845-1853 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
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shewhoworshipscarlin-tumblr Men’s fashion plate, 1891 |
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Men’s fashion plate, 1856 via shewhoworshipscarlin tumblr |
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Cravat 1850 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
"I tendered my resignation because I could not see eye to eye with his lordship in his desire to dine in dress trousers, a flannel shirt, and a shooting coat."
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Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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Stock 1840 The McCord Museum |
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Stock 1840s The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Dress Shirt 1850 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Evening Vest 1850-1855 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Vest 1845-1860 The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
"What absolute rot!"
"Very good, sir."
"Perfectly blithering, my dear man!"
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Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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Dress Boots 1845 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Pocket Watch 1840 Sotheby’s; Pocket Watch 1850 Christie’s
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Pocket Watch 1855 Sotheby’s |
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Memorial Cufflink 1852 Christie’s |
"Men didn’t mourn as thoroughly as women did simply because men had things to do. Their mourning attire was limited to a simple black armband and hatband, and perhaps a piece of memorial jewelry like a ring, watch fob, or cufflinks." from OMG that Dress tumblr
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1861 British walking and sporting costume-era_com |
And for Vieve and the sooties:
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I often think about the young boy in Cranford. |
Image from
The Rush Blog.
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Daguerreotype portrait of the Norton brothers, c. 1850′s. By Mathew Brady via chubachus-tumblr |
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Old Photos & Bacon @photosandbacon Launch of the Great Eastern in 1858, London |
And 40 years later?
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1890s man via shewhoworshipscarlin tumblr |
"Oh, Jeeves," I said; "about that check suit."
"Yes, sir?"
"Is it really a frost?"
"A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion."
"But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is."
"Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir."
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Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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