"Clothing reflects the spirit of the time and here the author traces the history of men's costume from its Greek and Roman origins to the 1930s. Fashions have always combined dignity with coquetry to a greater or lesser extent. ... Elizabethan times,...Macaronis, ...Classical line in the nineteenth century, through the Victorian and Edwardian periods to the growing influence of mass manufactured, ready-to-wear garments following the First World War, and the impact of the 'casuals' in the 1930s, are all described here. A concise text and clear line drawings, together with a glossary of costume trms, a select bibliography and indes, provide a useful source of costume reference." --inside dust jacket.