Men's Fashion & Style
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Hose or men’s tights was part of the exuberantly physical, masculine court culture of the middle ages and early modern period (16th - ca. 18th century) in most of Europe. The reason men wore hose was to show they were “ripped”; the display was inseparable from the culture of flirtation and romance that sprung up around the medieval gentleman. Dancing, sports, theater and games all kept people “on their feet”, and in this respect, medieval nobility and peasant festivals were the same. The idea that seriousness is associated with stiffness and immobility came from elsewhere, associated with religion and modernity as opposed to this “pagan” excess, and only gradually imposed itself in the 17th-18th centuries.
This replacement was HIGHLY POLITICAL: bare legs and SEXY KINGS were definitely associated with the culture of the high middle ages and the incomparable splendor of the “Sun King” of France. France excited envy, and in the 18th century dominated Europe: other courts tried to differentiate themselves by adopting demure, “modest”, pious styles. The Habsburgs in the German-Roman Empire, the other great power in Europe, adopted what they called the “Spanish ceremonial”: covering black robes with gold trim, wide-brimmed hats and a lot of swishing, brooding, velvet and silence. The English of the 18th century (invoking the nominal convergence of Protestantism and Islam as pure monotheisms, as opposed to the slutty Catholic French) adopted the “Turkish vest”, ancestor of the business suit, with the nominal excuse that men showing their legs angered God and caused fires. Again, the real reason was an attempt to differentiate themselves from the French style, whose splendor other (poorer and more constrained) courts simply couldn’t imitate, so they might as well condemn.
Men’s hose went anywhere from semi-covering (along with a kilt reaching to the knee), to casting the scrotum in high relief.
- imbecile-1
anyone wearing selvedge denim jeans? what are the good / quality brands?
i've been wearing buffalo for the past two decades and think it's time for a change, i like their fit, but feel the durability and quality control consistency goes down every year. hoping if i could find a pair of quality jeans i like, buying 5 or so pair would last me a few / several years instead of a year-ish would be worth it.
I already have dozens of the same dress shrt i wear, same with nearly 20 of the same polo. if i could find the right pair of jeans to add to the mix, getting dressed could become even more mindless.
sidenote, been wondering if a work pant like dickies could work or if there were other "durable" brands i could try. basic khakis / pants probably won't cut it given my indifference to dressing for the office or manual labor
- Danish2
- pffft. I wouldn't pay a penny more than $1,800 for pants like thesesarahfailin
- They’ll be on sale by nownb
- $1800 if you buy them after they’re no longer fashionablenb
- Just wait 3-6 months. Off season.nb
- bainbridge0
Do they sit down with their pants down?
- milfhunter7
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