British clothing culture

1、clothing culture in britain part 1 typical clothes in great britain part 2 british style typical clothes in great britain bowler hat bowler hat（ “波樂(lè)帽波樂(lè)帽”） the most prominent england national dress is the english gentlemans bowler hat, also known as a derby hat. features the bowler hat is usually bla

2、ck in color. the crown of the hat is round, lower than a top hat and very sturdy. the brim is short and encircles the entire hat. history the bowler hat was designed and created by hat makers thomas and william bowler in 1849, for the british soldier . the bowler hat was popular with the working cla

3、ss during the victorian era, and later on with the middle and upper classes in the united kingdom. later in the united kingdom, it came to be worn as work dress by the officers of the queens guards. the british railroad workers made it famous in 1920s. in the united states, it came to be known as a

4、derby hat as it grew in popularity among those who attended horse races. in bolivia and peru, where it is popular among women, the hat is called a bombin. prior to the popularity of the bowler, english hats were indicative of the wearers social status. top hats were donned by the upper classes, whil

5、e flat, floppy hats were worn by working class men. as a hat designed for men at work, everybody from street vendors to wealthy men on business errands in the city wore the bowler. the bowler was not restricted to those of a certain class, and it became a popular piece of headwear for all social ran

6、ks. tailcoat (燕尾服燕尾服 ) tailcoats originated in the united kingdom, in the 18th century. a tailcoat is a coat with the front of the skirt cut away, so as to leave only the rear section of the skirt, known as the tails. the historical reason that coats were cut this way was to make it easier for the w

7、earer to ride a horse. but it is extremely beautiful. this makes the other branches to follow up. thus, cavalry clothing had become fashion among civilians and officials, and popular in britain and its colonies. dress coat a dress coat, sometimes called a swallow-tail or claw- hammer coat. since the

8、 1850s, it came to be worn only in the evening by men as part of the white tie dress code, also known as evening full dress, for formal evening occasions. morning coat the modern morning coat (or cutaway in american english) is a mans coat worn as the principal item in morning dress. the name derive

9、s from morning nineteenth century horseback riding exercise for gentlemen. it was regarded as an informal form of half dress. british style origin british style is generally originated from oxford, cambridge and other famous universities. features british fashion has always been acclaimed for its “f

10、earlessness”, and brits are famed for their individual sense of style. being compared to the elegance of paris, luxury of milan, simplicity of new york ,the british style seems to always sided with the temperament. rational trace of sensibility is the nature of british fashion. on the one hand, dress with more conservative and more cautious attention to detail, but not burdensome. on the oth