Fashion lies both in the sphere of the beautiful (what do we consider beautiful?) and in the sphere of the ethical (what is modest, dignified, extravagant, dissolute for us?).
For several centuries, a lady looks more beautiful and decent, the larger the volume of her hips. But here are the men: why did they need to stuff their trousers with bran? What world processes are expressed in the manner of emphasizing or hiding this or that part of the body? Until the beginning of the XNUMXth century, men in padded breeches and voluminous breeches, designed to balance the volume of the camisole, “waddle, full of importance and complacency,” and this silhouette creates the image of an ideal reliable and sedate man. Fashion historian Susan Vincent, professor at the University of York, dedicates chapters of brilliant and witty research to specific parts of the body and clearly demonstrates how clothing reflects the spirit of each era.
UFO, 288 p.