Male clothes, unlike the female wardrobe, traditionally no different variety - although many menswear designers are seasonally podium dozens of new collections, the number of items of clothing in a man's wardrobe can literally be counted on one hand. One of the foundations of the modern man's wardrobe no matter what style he prefers in everyday life - it's men's business suit.

Business suit is a set of several items of clothing, which is distinguished by the uniformity of the fabric and style. Classic men's business suit - a jacket and trousers, in some cases - vest. Mandatory supplements business suit - classic shirt, usually white or another light color, and tie. Business suit - a universal representative of the male wardrobe: he put on the work and to business meetings, and all kinds of official and ceremonial events, from weddings to business presentations.

Men's business suit: a little history

Men's suit, as compared with other objects of the male wardrobe - clothes relatively young: even though there are plenty of modern costume ancestors assumed that the birthplace of men's suit Men's Suits: tradition and modernity   was the United Kingdom, where the first suits were in the nineteenth century. Of course, costumes are worn by men in the nineteenth century, the style strikingly different from today's model: at this time include long pants suit Knickers in fashion? Vest and frock coat and suit that men wore on special occasions. They complement the men's suit gloves and cylinder, but as an integral part tie men's suits became popular only later.

Tailcoat as "grandparent" of the modern formal jacket remained in vogue for a brief period - in the middle of the nineteenth century, was replaced by the so-called pidzhak- "card" a little more democratic and practical in terms of style than the suit, which was clothing for exceptional cases. And for everyday realities in the men's locker room meant a straight jacket, which, along with trousers and vest, has become an integral part of the classic men's suit.

Of course, with the passage of time and changing perceptions of fashionable clothes in the style of a society classic men's suit also changed. For example, increasing distribution started to receive ready-made clothes: if before the elegant costumes were sewn in the order, with the first large stores ready to wear men increasingly began to acquire convenient ready-made models of costumes. Thrace, characteristic of the male wardrobe of the nineteenth century, completely out of fashion, replaced by tuxedo - evening dress code. Along with the tailcoat of the male wardrobe virtually disappeared jackets and double-breasted suits - most men give preference convenient and practical single-breasted suit, the first flowering of the popularity of which was in the middle of the twentieth century.

Male business suit today

Modern men's business suit - is a practical two-piece, ie the suit, consisting only of pants and a jacket. The best material is considered to be a business suit coat - thick, warm winter suit and a thin, light - for the summer season. However, depending on the style suit can be crosslinked and other tissue - for example, cotton, flax and silk even Silk - a legacy of the Yellow Emperor .

Style Costume - most official or, on the contrary, democratic - determined primarily shaped jacket: this seemingly insignificant detail as the number of buttons, the jacket can make informal or, on the contrary, strict. It is believed that the jacket on one button - an option for business dress code is not perfect, but a suit with a jacket on the two buttons, framed of which, however, only one top - the most that neither is a conservative option that is optimal for office wardrobe . Jacket with three buttons - a much more modern version: this jacket is suitable for strict business dress code, and for the costume in a little more than a free, informal style. Finally, the most democratic model - a four-buttoned jacket on, often featuring a characteristic sporty style.

Tatiana Smirnova

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