**📅 Date:** ➤ ⌈ [[2025-05-03-Sat〚Pigante▪ Edwardian Men-Culture〛]]⌋ **👤 Who**： **📌 Time**: 1901–1910 (Edwardian Era, UK) ⇩ 🅻🅸🅽🅺🆂 ⇩ **🏷️ Tags**: **🗂 Menu**: ⌈[[✢ M O C ➣ 05 ⌈M A Y - 2 0 2 5⌉ ✢|2025 - M A Y- MOC]]⌋ ⌈[[✢ L O G ➢ 05 ⌈M A Y - 2 0 2 5⌉ ✢|2025 - M A Y - LOG]]⌋ #👾/Private ➤ ⌈[[👗 Bracelet Sleeve-& Dior’s Bar Jacket]]⌋ ➤ ⌈[[👗 Tom Ford’s Philosophy of Sleeve Perfection]]⌋ ➤ ⌈[[👗 Bracelet Sleeve-& Dior’s Bar Jacket]]⌋ --- ## 📜 Historical Context - Named after **King Edward VII**, who reigned after Queen Victoria. - Known as a **transitional period** between the rigid Victorian era and the modern 20th century. - Characterized by: - The **end of the Victorian austerity**. - Rise of the **leisure class** and emphasis on elegance. - Expansion of the **British Empire**, class divisions, and pre-World War I tensions. ![[Pasted image 20250516231656.png]] --- ## 👔 Fashion: Edwardian Men's Style ### 🌟 Key Features: | Garment | Description | |--------|-------------| | Morning Coat | Tailcoat with cutaway front, worn for formal day occasions. | | Frock Coat | Longer and formal; phased out by lounge suits by the end of the era. | | Lounge Suit | Predecessor to the modern suit, worn casually by upper class. | | Shirt | High stiff collar (detachable), often with cravat or bow tie. | | Waistcoat | Always worn under coats; brightly colored or patterned sometimes. | | Trousers | Straight-cut, high-waisted, creased, worn with braces. | | Footwear | Leather boots or Oxford shoes. | | Hats | Top hat (formal), bowler, straw boater (summer), homburg. | ### 🔧 Grooming: - Slicked-back hair. - Well-maintained facial hair: **mustaches and sideburns**. --- ## 🎩 Cultural Characteristics - Emphasis on **manners, etiquette, and 'gentlemanly' behavior**. - Leisure was a mark of the upper class: golf, polo, hunting. - Smoking rooms, clubs, and weekend country visits were common. - **Servant culture** was prevalent; the upper class had butlers, valets, chauffeurs. --- ## 📚 Edwardian Literature (Representative Authors) | Author | Notable Works | Themes | |--------|----------------|--------| | **E.M. Forster** | *A Room with a View*, *Howards End* | Social class, repressed emotion, transition from old values. | | **H.G. Wells** | *The War of the Worlds*, *The Time Machine* | Sci-fi, technological anxiety, future speculation. | | **G.K. Chesterton** | *The Man Who Was Thursday* | Satire, politics, mystery. | | **Rudyard Kipling** | *Kim*, *The Jungle Book* | Empire, masculinity, identity. | | **Joseph Conrad** | *Heart of Darkness*, *Lord Jim* | Colonialism, existentialism, morality. | --- ## 🧠 Key Takeaways - The Edwardian man was a **product of tradition** and **anticipation of modernity**. - Fashion was **formally stylish**, reflecting social status. - Literature from the era captures the **cultural dissonance** of tradition vs change. - The Edwardian male ideal: **refined, educated, restrained but increasingly self-aware**.