1910 to 1920 England fashion (men)

Within this decade men dressed pretty formally; wearing suits and waistcoats. However, during this decade the mens outfits became less formal and the lounge suit became more well known.

Smoking jackets also became more fashionable to the men, these were a bit like the tea gown

There was also a turn in the style of jackets in 1911 onwards. Men wanted to look slimmer so the jackets got trimmed down, sleeves got a four button touch to them and most were advertised to say they had no padding in them.

In 1914 the standard top hat started to get reserved for just formal occasions.

WW1 had a major effect on mens clothing, jackets were being advertised for having a 'military high waist' effect to them.

Vest trends began in this decade as well including the 'highfalutin vest'.

The Rich men would go to tailors in London for their suits to be made, the most famous tailors were in Londons Bond street and Saville Row.

http://costumereference.weebly.com/menswear-1910s.html

http://misschloeyoung.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/fashion-1910-1920.html

http://www.westernemporium.com/store/002052W.php

REFERENCES
refer to above and 1910 to 1920 England Fashion (women) page on blog

Reflection of research

There wasn't as much to say about mens Fashion to womens as womens takes such as drastic turn through the decade. However  reflecting back i do feel researching the Fashion for both sexes was really helpful towards my research project as it helped me differentiate between working class outfits and upper outfits. Not knowing this could have made my research less fulfilled when coming up to my last blog about social classes.
This also helped me understand why Production teams have to research little things such as an outfit because if they were going to make a film about 1910 life, they need to be able to authenticate it to the year or it would look wrong and ineffective.