{"product_id":"the-suit-form-function-and-style-9781780235233","title":"The Suit: Form  Function and Style","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautifully tailored history of this fashion stapleat once a garment of tradition  power  and subversion.  The Suit unpicks the story of this most familiar garment  from its emergence in western Europe at the end of the seventeenth century to today. Suit-wearing figures such as the Savile Row gentleman and the Wall Street businessman have long embodied ideas of tradition  masculinity  power  and respectability  but the suit has also been used to disrupt concepts of gender and conformity. Adopted and subverted by women  artists  musicians  and social revolutionaries through the decadesfrom dandies and Sapeurs to the Zoot Suit and Le Smokingthe suit is also a device for challenging the status quo. For all those interested in the history of menswear  this beautifully illustrated book offers new perspectives on this most mundane  and poetic  product of modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67896159273013,"sku":"ByrdShop_1780235232","price":33.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781780235233.jpg?v=1793773043","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-suit-form-function-and-style-9781780235233","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}