400多年来，定制西装一直主导着全世界的衣橱。其简单的外形，受到皇家、军事、宗教、职业服装启发，为现代生活提供了实用且优雅的制服。但是，无论是定制或成衣，街头或办公室，庆祝或危机时期，我们通常认为穿西装是理所当然的，而忽视了它的复杂结构和许多象征意义。穿西装的人，如萨维尔街的绅士、华尔街的商人，长期以来一直体现着传统、男性气质、权力、可敬的理念，但西装也曾用于打破性别和顺从的概念。几十年来，从花花公子、萨普协会到佐特套装、烟装，妇女、艺术家、音乐家、社会革命家采用并颠覆了西装，让它成为挑战现状的一种手段。西装是现代文化中既平凡又有诗意的产品，如果你对男装历史感兴趣的话，这本图文并茂的书能够为你提供新的视角。

For over 400 years the tailored suit has dominated wardrobes the world over. Its simple forms, inspired by royal, military, religious and professional clothing, have provided a functional and often elegant uniform for modern life. But whether bespoke or tailor-

made, on the street or in the office, during times of celebration or of crisis, we typically take the suit for granted, ignoring its complex construction and many symbolic meanings. 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 decades - from dandies and Sapeurs to the Zoot Suit and Le Smoking - the 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.