Why is Mens Fashion Boring? Not Beau Brummell : Next Historically Accurate Cosplay!

Thanks Birch for sponsoring! Get $400 off your organic mattress, plus two free pillows, at https://birchliving.com/nicolerudolph It's finally time for another historically accurate cosplay, so that means RESEARCH! I don't want to say that's my favorite part of a project, but it certainly is the most exciting! This time I'm digging up info on English mens fashion of the 1830s and 1840s. Early Victorian menswear was not the bland suits we've come to associate with the 19th century. It was full of patterns and prints, newly invented colors, and some surprising silhouettes. Simply put, it's not boring. And Beau Brummell had nothing to do with ANY of it! So let's start breaking down that myth. While men's clothing did calm down at the end of the 18th century, it was continuing in the direction it had been for decades at that point. Less trim, more practical colors and patterns, slimmer fit and shape, etc. The last burst of exaggeration with massive buttons and mixing prints faded out into the 1790s with political and cultural shifts. That's not to say every man was wearing bold ensembles, but they were at least a bit more common in everyday fashion. So even before Beau Brummell gained notoriety a transition had begun. This, of course, says nothing about the groups that chose the more fashionable extremes. Fops, Puppies, Macaronis, Incroyables, and more were immortalized in the pages of satirical prints. Their title was more than just an outfit, however. They had lifestyles of e