Clothes and the Man, by Alan FlusserFORMAL WEARby Alan Flusser.The notion of a man 'dressing up' after the sun goes down,whether it be in top had and tails or simply in his best finery,has been with us for centuries. In fact, in the great Europeanopera houses of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the'dress circle' meant just that, with no one allowed in unless heor she was properly attired.However, the idea of wearing black for evening wear was,according to the English clothing historian James Laver, firstintroduced by the nineteenth-century British writer EdwardBulwer-Lytton, who utilized it 'as a romantic gesture to showthat he was a `blighted being' and very, very melancholy.' And it was Bulwer-Lytton who gave further impetus to thisnotion of black as the color for formal wear by writing, in 1828,that 'people must be very distinguished to look well in black.'
Contents.Early life and education Flusser was born in. In 1979 he founded Alan Flusser Designs. He is a graduate of the. Career In 1985 he launched Alan Flusser Custom which focuses on custom and made-to-measure suits.Flusser designed the wardrobe for (played by ) in and designed clothing for the films, and starring as.
Influence Flusser had huge influence on popular culture through movies that today have cult following, most notably Wall Street and American Psycho. He played major role in promotion of style inspired by 1930s, which is today accepted as golden age in sartorial word.
In his own words:'For the first time American men realized that clothing should not be worn to hide the natural lines of the body, but, rather, to conform to them, thereby enhancing he male physique. At the same time, clothes should not be too obvious.
Instead, they had to become part of the man who was wearing them. The idea of clothing was not to set the man apart (as had been the case for centuries, when kings and noblemen dressed primarily to accomplish just that) but to allow him to be an individual among individuals. Americans had finally learned that the goal of good clothing was to flatter rather than be conspicuous.' Flusser book 'Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion.' Is one of most influental sartorial books.Bibliography. Flusser, Alan (1981). Making the Man: The Insider's Guide to Buying Men's Clothes.
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Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion. Flusser, Alan (2010). Style and the Man.Awards and honors Flusser won the 1983 as Top Menswear Designer, and received the Cutty Sark Award in 1987. References.