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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807711903321

Autore

Coggins David

Titolo

Men and style : essays, interviews, and considerations / / David Coggins ; with a foreword by Glenn O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Abrams, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61312-237-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages)

Classificazione

DES005000PHO009000

Disciplina

646.32

Soggetti

Men's clothing

Grooming for men

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword: The exquisite propriety of men -- Introduction: Higher learning -- Beginnings -- The power of clothes -- Youthful exuberance: onward and upward -- How did you dress as a boy? -- Certain advantages -- Rituals of court -- How did your father dress? -- Fathers and grandfathers -- Considerations: Gregory Peck -- Ties and the meaning of things -- Did your father have rules? -- Do you have rules? -- Did you wear a uniform? -- The case for imperfection -- There goes the neighborhood: the unending pursuit of authenticity -- In college -- Considerations: Gay Talese -- Men of style -- Some inheritance.

Sommario/riassunto

David Coggins explores the history of men s style and learns from some of the most notable tastemakers in the industry and beyond. Its essays and interviews discuss the lessons men learned from their fathers, the mistakes they made as young men, and how they emerged to become better men.