Fashion divided and united ... From Congolese Sapeurs to “Madchester” pill-heads, clothes helped men bond, express themselves, and break away from parochial attitudes and cultural traditions.

Library of Congress Men’s fashion was also targeted. In the Victorian period, luxuriant beards, sculpted mustaches and extravagant sideburns had been all the rage. The trend can be partly ...

This was just one of the many myths about Victorian-era undergarments that ... Corsets were part of a fashion illusion aided by the waist's contrast with large, extravagant sleeves.

In the mid-19th Century, men throughout ... a beard-free male face in Victorian Britain - except in Buckingham Palace, as Prince Albert refused to conform to the fashion. Fought on the Crimean ...