Globalization reconsidered: the historical geography of Modern Western Male Aattire *.

From: Journal of Cultural Geography | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. This venture into geographic terra incognita treats the historical geography of Modern Western Male Attire (MWMA). After tracing its evolution, from the fourteenth-century invention of Western Fashion and the introduction of form-fitting garments, we arrive at the Standard Suit in England and France ca. 1800 via the confluence of several cultural and political factors. The rationale for a sober, classless style is compatibility with the capitalist ethos. Even while MWMA was being widely implanted overseas via emigration, commerce, missionizing, and coercion, acceptance ...

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