'The Perfect Suit' My analysis.

So an assignment over reading week, set by my Fashion and Textiles Business tutor was to look at the BBC 4 documentary The Power Suit and answer a few questions relating to it, which she gave us on a sheet.

The documentary was really interesting, you can access it on YouTube (as it isn't available on i Player). I watched it in four parts, which I will link you to part 1/4 at the end of my post. It goes over the suit history and influences from the 18th Century to the current 21st century, and how the idea of the suit has changed as well as it's technological advances.

It was based on the masculinity of the suit and how it has changed for the male audience over the years, however I was taken back by the lack of coverage on the trouser suit for women made famous by designers like Chanel back in the 20's, as surely that would effect the image of the masculinity for the man of the same era, but never the less this historic time in fashion was cut out.

I would highly recommend this documentary to anyone studying tailoring, or looking at the history of suiting, as it includes many great names such as Paul Smith and Charlie Allen, as well as visiting the Berwin & Berwin factory in Budapest to look at where the majority of high street suiting is constructed.

Here is a link to part 1/4 of The Perfect Suit, I hope you enjoy. I have also thrown in a few of mine own images of suits from one of my favorite suit designers Ted Baker, I took these earlier this year for a menswear design project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdTD0K66f8o

Laura
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References:

The Perfect Suit, BBC, 2011

BBC Documentary - The Perfect Suit, youtube.co.uk, CX827, July 18 2011.