The WORST Men's Fashion Fails of the 20th Century!

[@phillipj.moodie3077]

At 84, I feel like I have just spent an hour watching a rerun of my life, that inculuded wearing detachable collars, when I was a Junior Bank Officer working with the ANZ Bank Relieving Staff, where the detachable collar kept me looking smart while I was doing a lot of travelling. And in the 1970s I thought I look very smart with the broad lapels and wide cuffs. Phil

[@thetokensaregood1965]

Wow how intresting.

[@SenhorKoringa]

Haha lol what parts of your old “fashionable” pieces do you still have Mr.Moodie?

[@ChipsChallenge95]

Broad, or at least “moderate” lapels need to make a comeback, it’s hard to find a jacket off the rack, or even made-to-measure with more than a 3”, or even 2.75” lapel. Something half-way decent almost NEEDS to be bespoke or vintage thesedays, I’m in my 30s and I’m afraid by the time I’m around your age, or even younger than that…I worry I won’t be able to buy a suit off the rack anywhere, regardless of its level of quality.

[@SenhorKoringa]

@@ChipsChallenge95 Lapels get wider and skinnier, buttoning points/waistlines get higher and lower. It all depends on the body type.

[@MrAlpinab7]

God Bless you buddy !

[@robertmcduck6712]

The matching work sets look actually good and compared to today the 1940's work sets look amazing.

[@nitr8]

Yeah, with the interest in tailored fits and men's hair styling/grooming over recent years, they would work quite well for plenty of guys.

[@autodidact537]

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months"-Oscar Wilde.

[@antonioricardoscozze2417]

Seriously, you guys could've just done a 45-minute episode on the fails of the 70s alone. Thanks for another great video, Preston et al!

[@demspunkdamerica3rdbananar207]

70s, in my estimation, were an attempt to introduce native indigenous wardrobe and re-introduce the 1700's high fallutin' ostentatious flowy rufflly garb of the European Courts but wuth a twist for the modern era. The library at the California State Los Angeles campus has a large collection of fashion magazines of the 70's, and I find that the upper class wore some of the best TAILORED CLOTHES EVER SEEN. Compare them to what Real Housewives Shows wear at the "Reunion" shows. These Real Houewives ladies dress like street harlots sometimes at the reunions. Take a look at 1970's photos of Steve McQueen at parties, and Patricia Altschul 1970's personal photos at parties: IMPECCABLE.

[@darleschickens7106]

The 80s were far worse than the 70s

[@bobtaylor170]

@@darleschickens7106 , only if you'd had too many psychedelics in the 60s.

[@erichoppe8228]

@@demspunkdamerica3rdbananar207 The 70's corrected the Stiff necked sillyness of the 60's. And if anything punked America it was DJT.

[@guynorth3277]

What are you talking about, looking around they are bringing the "Seventies" back!

[@SatsumaTengu14]

I remember my grandfather wearing the 1940-60s style 'work uniform'. As a kid I thought he looked like a police officer though he was actually a milk man. LoL That said he and his coworkers as well as other workers looked far more professional than workmen have in the last four or five decades.

[@LewisDeAlba]

"60s, 70s, 80s terrible fashion choices" honestly... my favourite in fashion era 🤣 I feel attacked!

[@an-enby-panda7840]

I like the bright 60s clothing, body shirts, and short shorts. I get that it's too much for some people, but one thing they're not is bland. So so much of men's clothing is in dark, muted, or neutral colors and simple or boxy cuts. Men's clothing is often so unimaginative and dull it puts me to sleep. I'm not knocking suits/"classic" things at all, they look great and you should wear them if you like them! But color, loud prints, decorative elements, interesting cuts and materials, and breaking the rules of fashion are for 100% you too if you want. Whatever you wear, you deserve to feel good in it!

[@heimatliebe116]

Agreed!

[@sativagroove554]

Definitely agree

[@marquiswallace9957]

Ah the 70’s. Me in 1974 wearing my Michael Jackson inspired attire while my father wore crushed velvet sport coats flair legged plaid pants with 3 inch cuff. Grandfather was in solid color jumpsuits. Uncle favored leisure suits. We all were confident and in style.

[@653j521]

Marquis Wallace And the ladies? Any memory of them?

[@garycooper3487]

My father was a Teddy Boy and for a time wore a genuine Edwardian suit which he was given by an elderly neighbour who had kept it since his youth. It was black, apparently it fitted like a glove and was the envy of my dad's friends.

[@jacksondominguez787]

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[@SStupendous]

That's amazing! An actual Edwardian suit! The era was only 40 years away, anyway.

[@aurktman1106]

Covering the 70’s would take a year alone.

[@i8somepoopoo328]

More like a decade

[@terranempire2]

A painful painful decade… of horror.

[@CoyoteCoop]

After all, the 70s aren’t exactly known for aging well, although the cars weren’t that bad looking

[@martinelmore6018]

Forgot leisure suits

[@terranempire2]

@@martinelmore6018 We wish to forget them.

[@TheAyeAye1]

I remember hippies too well to have any nostalgia for them. Lennon took Gerorge Harrison to Haight Asbury to show him the hope for a new world, and Harrison said it looked like a collection of winos that smoked their drugs instead of drinking them.

[@Paul-dz7xi]

Harrison said the SF kids all looked homeless.

[@bobbbababobo]

"Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Hey Aqualung!"

[@sydneyfairbairn3773]

Harrison has been under appreciated.

[@georgedeacon7003]

Gentlemen in the 30's, 40's and even 50's were far more elegant than today. It's great to watch old London town in mid 20 century movies. Such a fashionable place and with a clearly identifiable culture and people.

[@jeffb957]

I must disagree about the 40's work wear. I'd much rather see that than the current trend of going to work looking like they dressed out of a rag bag. 😕 I wish my current employer had a uniform service. It looks very professional, even if not really an exciting look.

[@xxportalxx.]

Plus it eliminates the conundrum of finding a clean outfit that you're comfortable ruining at work, while still abiding by the company dress code...

[@Crocomum]

I agree

[@maxjulien2647]

Yeah, i think it looks good. Society would look better lol

[@ayebeemk2ayebeemk285]

also if its company policy, they need to replace it, allowing you to buy better garments for your own time.

[@gerardoarellano7698]

It allows the clients you serve to EASILY identify you as an employee, especially if it’s a business that services the home or office.

[@lesleylesley5821]

You forgot the disco era, tight polyester shirts with big collars, open to the waist, chains around the neck and way too tight high waisted pants and platform shoes, you forgot those.

[@crystalheart9]

The worst!

[@teddy5236]

@@crystalheart9 best* 😁

[@crystalheart9]

@@teddy5236 Ok, Best💖

[@SPNKr16]

1970s dress loafers were definitely inspired by the Victorian/pre-Victorian footwear, what with the long curved tongues and all. The pirates in Hook wear that stuff. As such, the 1970s loafer is no more, extinct.

[@divinodayacap3313]

wrong. those were the best

[@MikeB071]

Can't believe that you didn't include the atrocious polyester leisure suits of the '70s!

[@36424567254]

the worst part is they still make full polyester suits, and people still buy them.

[@gregoryfrison4153]

Absolutely!

[@Paul-dz7xi]

@@36424567254 Topman

[@michaelmerck7576]

Those were felonious

[@indriadrayton1132]

Never stand next to an open flame wearing one of those horrid leisure suits. Especially if it's powder blue.

[@noneofyourbusiness7094]

My grandfather, who would be well into his 100s if he were still living, wore his green work sets for decades. That alone vouches for how well made and durable the pieces were. Those pants and shirts withstood many years of hard use on construction sites, doing yardwork, fixing cars, and gardening. The young kids in the neighborhood used to call him Mr. Green Jeans.

[@bornagaingeek7279]

Can confirm that there's still a few old boys who never gave up the Teddy Boy look and you can still see them I some pubs. They certainly aren't common, but you certainly won't miss them. Even if they're wearing modern clothes, the hair cut persists.

[@eviljoker303]

Here in the states it lives on in The Rockabilly culture

[@bcs2em625]

@@eviljoker303 Like country musicians Marty Stuart and Dale Watson

[@drea4195]

Am I alone in thinking the '80s "power suits" weren't that bad? ...maybe even, sometimes attractive? David Bowie sure knew how to rock an '80s suit.

[@ilgwent8061]

Don Johnson👍

[@EIGHTIESRIDER]

Power suits may the worst rule breaker, but its look were the best!

[@mcfarofinha134]

But I mean... David Bowie can rock anything lol

[@johnmurdoch8534]

The roominess makes them look comfortable. Far preferable to what is popular now.

[@attilavarga1152]

One of my colleague asked me once, (who noticed that I usually wear suit pants), is there something between jeans and suit pants? He wanted to wear something a bit more professional looking, but not too fancy. I answered, sure, look for chinos and khaki pants. He was genuinely amazed, that plain cloth pants are exists and also look nice. He instantly bought a few pairs. Jeans have such a monopoly, people are basically know nothing else.

[@onerandombruh]

When you have Preston in these kind of videos, get ready for some elegant and beautifully delivered roasts. Boy, the burns...

[@fixedwithglue]

being called a peasant for tennis socks is what got me into these videos XD

[@frankhinckley8462]

Several years ago we got a new boss. His first order of business was that the maintenance crew wear uniforms. What a difference it made. Made for a professional, well put together team. The tenants also felt safer knowing that any bum off the street couldn't stroll around in street clothes posing as maintenance. Great job Gents!!

[@chaitanyakulkarni3162]

Gentleman gazettes evolution Menswear enthusiast--->Menswear expert----->Menswear historians

[@karlenglewood8940]

I disagree on the work uniform bit. It's no different than what people do now with field jacket/safari jackets. Even high end brands such as Balmain uses military uniforms as inspiration for their flagship products and there is nothing unfashionable about about it.

[@lightbearer9220]

General Douglas MacArthur comes to my mind as a prime model for the matching work sets. His getup may seem strange to us modern men, but he successfully pulled off that bossy and intimidating, "down to business" look. I think it's quite manly.

[@joehonan1773]

Same. The work uniform was made for bricklayers, mechanics and other blue collars. Most didn't wear t-shirts and jeans to work as it was considered slopppy. Heck at that time most farmers were wearing collared shirts. The work uniform was something you could be seen in public with and was practical if boring. ( I imagine some men mixed colors as well) Great video BTW.

[@eladiocofresi5202]

I actually like the matching work uniforms as well; however, I like it as simply that. The appearance also does make me think of the romanticized images of simpler times as shown by the image of the milk man.

[@howler1579]

Starched collars were not as dangerous as you make it out to be (I wear them, and they're very comfortable). If fitted correctly they are perfectly fine. It's the equivalent to calling corsets deadly, when infact it's been proven to be wrong hundred times before and are still used in medicine today. I should note that starched collars can also help with bad neck posture, as it did with me.

[@erinthesystem9608]

I think that where fashion really went wrong- certainly in the U.S.- was when we started wearing clothing with advertisements- words, pictures, brand names- splashed across every type of clothing, every kind of accessory imaginable. It's distracting and doesn't age well (not that I'm innocent of this). I know that European visitors to the United States have wondered why everybody here is walking around in gym clothes, overly casual and festooned with logos. Personally, I thought the Teddy Boys didn't look too awful: they reminded me of the New Wave.

[@user-DATA_BANK]

Im not gonna lie, I kinda actually kinda like the matching work-wear one

[@presleynews4315]

same

[@romangoomba1234]

I didn't expect to see Mono in a gentleman video, lol

[@CoranceLChandler]

Nooooo!!

[@chuckandmax7313]

In the 80’s I remember that the trends changed every week, I worked in a department store in a mall so I could see the trends all the time. I had to wear a suit at work and I couldn’t afford an expensive one so I bought two black 80’s suits but they were not long with padded collars. They were both high waisted tailored one was double breasted and one was like a tuxedo and I wore them with really skinny ties. I had a very slim build so these suits looked great on me. But I do remember parachute pants and aviator clip belts and neon colored shirts and padded quilted shiny fabric shoes.

[@rodrigodepierola]

"Sorry, Raphael, you don't pay me enough to make me talk about body suits"

[@SpektakOne]

I’m not gonna lie, I’d wear the pants at 10:53 One late 80s trend you missed, and one that I myself was a victim of… leather ties.

[@SPNKr16]

Castillo from Miami Vice wore leather/vinyl ties throughout the series' run.

[@johncrandall5782]

As a 90s kid I enjoyed 90s fashion. I wore my fair share of polos and button up shirts with jeans and tennis shoes

[@Amory-wd3ws]

I thought that the matching work sets from the 1940s looked fitting and clean.

[@ioriedwards7554]

The brown suit looks OK on you Preston. Great video. Being as I AM 76 I can remember the 60's onwards fashion wise. I MUST SAY i did really like the MIAMI VICE - jOHNSON'S expensive casual silk jacket and expensive t-shits had a great look complemented by Thomas' dressy double breasted suits. Nothing at all wrong with that. Working retail on Oxford street in London 1970 -72 I MUST SAY i liked the three piece narrow suits we used to wear Really used to attract the birds!?!

[@Molach101]

My grandmother went out with a teddy boy in the 1950s. She used to talk about his hair, his drainpipe trousers and the fact he was what we'd call a "hard man" (like a tough guy to Americans). I think they broke up after he got in trouble with the police. She herself got a haircut they called a DA (Duck's Arse) much to her own Victorian grandmother's horror

[@tonypepperonidavidson6280]

One day I would love to see you cover the kilt and all its accessories. I always found them classy and bold.

[@viclucyzia]

Worse of 21st are leggings and ultra slim clowny pants! BTW you forgot the tertible shirt collars over suit collars of the Disco era.

[@mungulor]

That really started in the late 50s and carried over to the late 70s disco. The ultra large ones are particularly silly

[@viclucyzia]

I would love to see Preston dressed as John Travolta in Saturday Night Live!

[@slicksnewonenow]

The shirt collar worn over the jacket's collar became a 'thing' in the late-30s with what were known then as "Hepsters", who became "Hipsters" by the 1950s. It's really not a bad look if done properly... The later 40s early 50s 2-tone Leisure suits/wrap jackets lend themselves to the practice... There's nothing as Kool as a "popped" Capri collar over a Dupioni silk jacket. But I have to agree... The shirt collar DID become grossly exaggerated by the late 1960s and into the 70s... Ruining a once-good idea.

[@chriskershaw7968]

No, no, no, no, no - the 1960s and 1970s were wonderful because of the bright colours and patterns! There is much to be said for 19th and 20th century "smartness" in mens' dress, but in the end, the really stylish eras of mens' dress is anything before the 19th century, when men wore bright colours and dazzling jewellery!

[@TheRacso2552]

1940s workwear is very cool imo.

[@henrykb.7808]

I have to admit that some of the guys in the shown pictures really rocked that style though. I guess even terrible fashion styles can be done in a cool way if you know what you are doing

[@valentingartner3793]

Honestly, some of those matching work suits don‘t look that bad. I wouldn’t mind wearing that green one at 7:29.

[@marshallemmet1366]

As a guy who likes a lot of Industrial music - where the bands literally dress like this - I didn't mind them, I actually thought they looked pretty cool! I would totally wear one.

[@claudiapr1548]

How could you not mention the Zoot Suit of the late 1930's and early 1940's. With its super-sized shoulder pads, sprawling lapels and peg-leg pants. Think of the fashions of Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, my Uncle Lloyd and the movie Malcolm X with Denzel Washington and Spike Lee dancing the jitterbug at the dance hall. High fashion for POC!!

[@WolfShadowhill]

I’ve always liked the 40s work uniforms

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

Least we forget about the Leisure Suit! My Grandfather still owns his with matching polyester shirt with a massive collar. He puts it on as a joke sometimes... or a Halloween costume

[@LB-uw8nq]

Honestly the matching work sets look better than a lot of work wear today

[@MrAlpinab7]

Power suits are superb, as long as they fit properly. And so was Miami Vice type of fashion. There, i said it.

[@richardolah4363]

Completely agree, I’ve bought a couple of vintage 80s power suits from EBay that fit well on me and I love wearing them

[@riograndedosulball248]

Reviewbrah agrees. It does look really good, as long as it fits you well. The alternative is to look like you are a used car retailer that bough the suit for 15$

[@terryshrk]

Agree,..Miami Vice is WHY a lot of men even cared about Fashion and style to begin with,..both then AND now LoL! before Don Johnson you'd never find any American man who considered himself masculine wearing pink LoL!

[@SPNKr16]

I have a cheap suit jacket, which the pants were missing, and it fits me pretty much perfectly. Double breasted navy blue, 6x1 sack. Reminds me of the 80s and 90s, though I can wear it like it's from the 50s easily, even with a vest. Versatile wardrobe is the key to mastering any look or style you're going for.

[@edwardhyde7536]

My favourite eras of fashion are 60s-80s 😅 The Gentlemen’s Gazette has diagnosed me with questionable fashion sense lol

[@christophergraves6725]

I prefer the bright colors of the late 60's and 70's as long as they were used tastefully. I never did like the preponderance of dark colors in the early 60's or the lack of flair. The real horrors in fashion started in the mid-1990's and continues to deteriorate to this day. People are dressing down entirely too much and too far down into appearing indistinguishable from the homeless.

[@MHammonds18]

Yeah, you tuck in any shirt in these days and people think you’re going to a Galla or something

[@sagittarius1343]

Fashion of Summer 2021: Don't dress. Just wear your underwear--everywhere.

[@MHammonds18]

@@sagittarius1343 😂

[@jimnielsen8030]

@@sagittarius1343 true fashionistas would wear a matching mask, of course! ;o)

[@sagittarius1343]

@@jimnielsen8030 Correct, a face diaper.

[@lachlanstaunts]

Surprised you didn't mention the ties of the 90's. I'm personally a big fan of 90's ties, but I know a lot of people aren't

[@johnmurdoch3083]

I'm a big fan of them too

[@bryangunning150]

Especially the outrageous Rush Limbaugh ties! I still wear them.

[@Rittmeister1900]

Great video. Like others, I would like to see you cover the 70s in more detail, with such items as leisure suits, the so-called non-suit or un-suit, and chains. Actually, many of the 60s and 70s fashions look good compared to the grunge and t-shirt yoga pants uniforms of today. Indeed, in many ways, the 60s and 70s had a more free-wheeling feel than today. Another idea might be to take a look at the Rat Pack members and how their fashions changed over the years. A good example is Sammy Davis Jr. Thanks for all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@clark9992]

Somewhat unconsciously, I have acquired a lot of familiarity with upper class men's fashion of the early decades of the last century. This is because I am a fan of P.G. Wodehouse, and his Bertie and Jeeves stories. Bertie would always describe in great detail the clothing he wore, and in fact in most of the stories, an item of clothing was an important plot point. Frequently, Jeeves, the valet, would be offended by some new item that Bertie insisted on wearing, against Jeeves's objection. After Jeeves's would invariably extract his master from some pickle, he would be rewarded by being allowed to trash the offending object. On a different subject, I was very much around in the seventies, and never saw any of those dog ear collars. I do remember some bad styles from the 60s and 70s that weren't mentioned.

[@user-de3xr8le6b]

Hello, fellow Wodehouse fan here, and I'm actually here because I always try to learn more about what his characters would wear!

[@traviswebb7585]

You forgot Axe Body spray and parachute pants.

[@kevin-jg5nq]

Preston’s reaction at the mention of the bodysuits - that is classic!

[@georgelush1998]

Fashion trends that were “particularly egregious.” That’s a very polite way of putting it. My choice of words would be decidedly more profane.

[@Tazza81]

Oxford bag wearers were around 70 years ahead of the times.

[@Nik930714]

13:10 NO! I will NOT pardon that pun, Preston! It was a good, well delivered pun and i will not have you insulate it with that expression! Pun lives matter!

[@MrAlexandermartis]

Whoa whoa there tiger! The power suits of the 80's weren't that much an affront to good fashion. I even went to college dressed like that. Those ample jackets were like portable RC's in the summer. And it was also about the type of fabrics that were popular these days, making those suits very comfortable. Lots of viscose, linen, wool, terlenka, silk and cashmere for ties. I had Valentino, Bogey, XYZ, Addy Riviera suits. Roberto Botticelli shoes. Of course the Miami Vice series had a lot of influence too (shees, Don Johnson was practically wearing women's clothing every episode).

[@SPNKr16]

Don Johnson, and the basis of Miami Vice's costumes, were ripped off from early New Wave groups. In 1982 there was a band already wearing what Don Johnson popularised. This channel only has Miami Vice to reference when the 1980s are the topic. Without it, they'd have nothing to say about the 1980s. Without Miami Vice, fashion would have still taken a similar course of trajectory, thanks to New Wave and MTV which were crazy popular before Miami Vice.

[@anindanahiyan8818]

I still can't seem to be ok with wearing jeans below a suit jacket

[@squareoakystewart6870]

I love these videos but I was wondering if you guys could put together one showing the specific tailoring styles of all the decades to help people decide which era of tailoring they want to follow. I know I'm at the point where I am trying to find which era I want to follow for my suits.

[@Aliexei]

Come on Preston, Crockett looks awesome!

[@terapan1742]

This channel taught me how to be more of a man than my own father. Thank you so much Gentleman's Gazette.. You've helped me elevate my life in ways I thought nearly impossible! You get a different type of respect when you wear a nice fitting suit!

[@Holdit66]

I'm surprised that such a clothes conscious channel didn't mention the most clothes-conscious (and stylish) subculture of all; the mods.

[@russellwhite1581]

Cos' this video deals with the bad stuff...

[@saiyajedi]

6:10 Those “work sets” still exist in Japan, you know.

[@dmark1922]

Yes! I agree with the commenter that certain jobs (in the US) should require them. On visits home (to the US) I would mistake guys who came to fix pipelines or whatever as burglars or something; dressed in their dirty jeans and workshirts...

[@oltedders]

Oxford bags were specifically designed to be worn over plus 4s, which were banned from being worn in class by the faculty at Oxford. Ergo: Oxford bags. They could easily be slipped off when not in class. I'm disappointed that the information wasn't included in your presentation.

[@buckplays6518]

12:57 *Angry Hugo Jacomet Noises*

[@skrubzilla4213]

I knew JNCO Jean's was copying a past style, now I can confirm it. Oxford Bags. Interesting...

[@jorgkukla8097]

There's something missing in 1990's time: the plateau boots! I remember quite well, that some "trendy" people wore Sneakers with absurdely high entire plateaus.

[@odysseusrex5908]

10:50 - 11:10 Actually, I like those bold, colorful suits from the sixties. I think that, when properly designed and worn, they had a sophisticated flair to them, reminiscent of upper class fashions from the 18th century. If you are going to depart from tried and true elegance, it is better to to go with verve and panache rather than with with the kind of sloppy, excessively casual styles often preferred today. It's interesting that you failed to compare the ridiculously baggy jeans of the 90s with the Oxford Bags of the 1920s. Was the later style actually inspired by the earlier, or did it develop independently with the designers and wearers being completely ignorant of what came before?

[@StarlightEater]

I remember having a bunch of big kikwear n etc pants in the mid to late 90s. I've only now discovered the Oxford sacks and I gotta say I'm amazed that people wanted to look as foolish as I looked @ 13 years old.

[@richardolah4363]

Sorry but I love the 80s power suits if you get it to fit you correctly.

[@lwj2]

I'm a child of the Cold War, grew up in Washington DC and was spared most of the atrocities of mid-to-late 20th Century fashion. Raleigh's Haberdashers was a bastion of conservative dress, my father, and later myself, were patrons for decades. The FBI patronised the Men's Department of Woodward & Lothrop; a newly-minted agent was told to go there, buy what they gave him, and to pay his account on time. In many ways, the 'Good Old Days.'

[@chronovore3726]

Those bag pants would be reincarnated for the 1990s and 2000s as "skater pants", stove-pipe pants, JNCOs, etc.

[@mattrobson3603]

Exactly my thought - the 'Oxford Bags' were the forerunners of the JNCOs that attained a measure of popularity in the 1990's

[@chronovore3726]

@@mattrobson3603 That style trend seemed to start with the skater kids. It would see utility among hacky sack circles. They were a popular item at Hot Topic and common dress for mall rats. They also became quite popular with ravers, not long after it became uncool to call their all-night dance parties "raves".

[@mikebegonia6134]

Life's too short to dress boringly. Bring back ruffles and paisley!

[@josephwalsh7546]

Ruffles like Seinfeld's "pirate shirt' ? ( who are you, a musketeer ? )

[@christophergraves6725]

@@josephwalsh7546 I like musketeers. People looked better in the 17th Century!

[@josephwalsh7546]

@@christophergraves6725 You're possibly half right - obviously excepting the ridiculous girly pumps on men and the lice- ridden wigs.

[@christophergraves6725]

@@josephwalsh7546 I love the long flowing hair whether real or with some help from the wigmaker. I don't know about the lice though. The shaved heads under the wigs prevented lice. The lice in the wigs could be killed relatively easily when the wigs were regularly cleaned by boiling them.

[@josephwalsh7546]

@@christophergraves6725 I've never heard of the wigs being boiled ( I would have thought it would ruin the wig ). I have heard of them being dusted with a compound containing arsenic which is alleged to have made some wearers very ill fom arsenic poisoning.

[@fishwigy]

The early 60s had the best silhouette for men's suits really. The fit was close like the early 20s but the proportions were shorter. I own some jackets from the 60s and they're well made.

[@janiced9960]

I am disappointed that you did not mention platform shoes from the 70's. I can still remember one daft lad with 4 inch platform shoes trying to climb a flight of steps.

[@EJSNJ]

Preston, you are the perfect guide for this amusing skip along the long and winding Yellow Brick Road of men's fashion oddities and curiosities of the past century. Grazie mille!

[@technolotree5690]

14:50 - Uhhh, most of this "horrific" 80's power suits look nicer than the suit Preston has on in this video.

[@british021]

I’m sorry to say, but you’ll find that number 8 is still around in Australia, including the high work socks. Go to any construction site or rural town and you’ll see construction workers or cane farmers rocking the short shorts and thick socks with steel cap shoes

[@GoodVideos4]

We should be able to wear whatever we want to wear, whatever we are comfortable with, and not how it's judged by others. The 60's, 70's and 80's had good fashion choices, and many should be revived.

[@flowerdoyle3749]

Those boring styles are classic and good looking....the whole less is more!

[@adamkhabazian3249]

love 80s suits. you got that one wrong

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

What the 2000s and 2010s did the best, in my opinion, is that they brought back the patterns and colours into menswear and streamlined the suit a bit ( of course the ultra slim suits are a very bad style ). Nevertheless, the 20s - mid 60s remains the golden period of menswear .

[@glared]

1920-1930 for me is the holy grail

[@653j521]

@@glared Ever have to be a tall kid forced to wear knickers, forbidden to buckle them below the knee, looking like a beanpole until your parents finally gave in and got you long pants to cover your knobby knees? My father did. When knickers came back as a girl's style he roared at my sister so ferociously she gave up the idea instantly and forever. So...not great fashion era for some.

[@2157AF]

I wore Australian stubbies shorts to USA in 1983 on a holiday, not sure if people noticed. I was only 13 though.

[@TheTriumfAnt]

I always knew the Teddy Boy creeper shoes as brothel creepers :)

[@lawrencecongdon8882]

Did any men actually wear the 70's body suits/rompers (the best/worst ones were crocheted)??

[@undecidedgenius]

Unfortunately yes, I did see a few people with them on. The only thing I never seen anyone wear in the 70s, that they mentioned was the dog ear collars

[@SPNKr16]

@@undecidedgenius This channel blows everything out of proportion. Those dog eared shirts were an actual joke "Colossal Dog Ear Collar"

[@Mikula.p.p.marusic]

What i would consider a bit of a fashion fail in the early 1900's was the rah rah suit, very ridiculous wide sack suit with massive padded hips on the pants and silly ornamental pocket flaps and sleeve cuffs, it lasted right up to ww1. Right after ww1 right about 1921-22 came the second fashion fail witch was the jazz suit, it had really high 3 buttons that were kissing and had a really high waist, the top waistcoat button would usually be where the bottom jacket button was and it was popular for there to be a massive gap between the waistcoat and pants as it was popular to wear really low waisted pants with the jazz suit, the pants would also either be too short, too long or bell bottoms. Pretty wacky, hard to find images of it online tho, the villan in Buster Keaton's film "Sherlock junior" wore a jazz suit so you can see it there :)

[@morgo5000]

Paul hogan at 42 second mark looked glorious.

[@phillipj.moodie3077]

@Napoleon XXIII. Paul Hogan had Working Class Style by the bucket load, He started his career in Australia doing a series of humouros routines, on the TV Show of a Media Identity. While he was never a "Second Bannana" he worked in a team with "Strop" and Delvine Delany, whom I think Strop married. But Paul Hogan just oozed self confidence, while all of the time maintaining the persona of his Day Job which was either a Rigger or a Painter, working on Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge. Then he wrote and starred in Crocodile Dundee, the most successful film ever made in Australia, And he looked good in shorts because he was "Work Fit". Phil.

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

Hoges would have verbally torn strips off this bloke, had him weeping into his Campari and soda and exiting the bar with his tail between his legs.

[@cliffdwelling8709]

You kind of skimmed through the 60's not mentioning those skinny ties and ultra thin lapels. They actually looked kind of cool.

[@dmark1922]

I beg to differ about the "Oxford bags" (within reason of course), glamorized by magazine covers illustrated by John Held Jr. I still think they look rather cool! I entered the 70s as a 15 year old and eventually and reluctantly started wearing bell bottoms but got hooked (partly due to increasing lack of options as time went on!). At that age I was unaware that fashions change and thought bell bottoms and long pointy collars, wide lapels and ridiculously wide ties were here to stay and I didn't mind. It wasn't till the mid eighties that I noticed bell bottoms were not forever! I still prefer wearing airy pants; guess I'm biased. I wonder if it's generational??

[@istp1967]

The Stubbies, sleeveless shirt and high socks was Paul Hogan 😀😀😀😀

[@AnatharFrost013]

The first 1960s clothing trend the Body Shirt was a staple of the British Mods subculture.

[@SPNKr16]

That's why it confused me, Preston was wrong off the bat with the inclusion of the body shirt.

[@BetwixtDandD]

In fashion, there are no fails. Just difference of preferences.

[@weswolever7477]

If you pair the stubby shorts with an FN FAL, then you have a fashion win

[@iangarrett741]

Zoot suits had a certain charm, my pet hate is the ‘80s habit of pushing jacket sleeves over the elbow.

[@xanderlowe8704]

You should of put the zoot suite in for the 30's and 40's

[@channingcheese2]

Nah, zoot suits are based, though not especially appropriate for many situations.

[@75aces97]

5:10 besides double breastfed jackets and cuffed pants, waistcoats fell out of favor. In the prior decades, suits had high waisted slacks, held up by suspenders, and the vest was meant to smooth out the look. With fabric rationing, the waistband was trimmed lower, and the vest was eliminated till after the war.

[@eviljoker303]

Now do one for the 21st century the age of cargo shorts,flip flops,and crocs ughh

[@bcs2em625]

The ultra long suit jackets reminiscent of the Edwardian era in a way came back again in the “Steve Harvey suits”.

[@lucacorletto8232]

I personally like 70s and 80s styles on jackets and clothing in general, obviously in more formal situations the reference is to the 30s but in every day wear or in the evening they look good

[@clintshiplett8548]

Nothing about the wide neckties that could be used in place of a baby's bib? I'm guilty of having worn more than my share of them "back in the day." And still have most of them. And the thin leather or knit '80s ties too. And yes, I'm wearing a kilt in my profile picture.

[@jesupcolt]

I was fully expecting you to mention the zoot suits of the 40s. I'm disappointed. Also, the '90s deserves to be grouped along with the '60s, '70s, and '80s as a decade of terrible fashion trends.

[@sheleavitt06]

I’m glad they didn’t mention the zoot suit because it was the embodiment of cool in any era.

[@jesupcolt]

@@sheleavitt06 🤢🤮

[@jelsner5077]

I am surprised you didn't mention the disco trend of the 70s.

[@Divyanshu0236]

1930s was the golden era of men's clothing and style 👍