Post WWI...
And the men who dressed for it.
As men returned from the war in Europe, so did the fashion from the 1910s.
Men's fashion took a youthful turn during the early 1920s. Old-fashioned "hefty-looking, broad-shouldered" suits were soon becoming a thing of the past as men began wearing jackets, which had no padding, leaving a skinnier, more boyish appeal to the people wearing them. This "youthful turn" also caused the fads of college campuses to become the fads of the "real world."
When Knickers were banned in class at Oxford University, students began wearing what later became known as Oxford Pants. These pants were big enough to slip on, just before class started, so a person could cover his knickers and keep himself out of trouble. Although they had been doing this for years, the Oxford Pants did not become fashionable outside of the University until a while later when a fashion consultant was visiting the school and noticed what the boys were wearing. She began producing this new style, and it soon caught on with the American public
Considered the normal "day dress," the sacque suit, which had been popular since the mid 1800s, was also a popular style of the 1920s. Colored shirts, worn with the suits, were accompanied by small silk ties decorated with stripes or geometric shapes. To complete the outfit, men often wore bowler hats
During the evening, however, tail coats and pleated white shirts, along with a top hat, were considered appropriate evening wear.
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