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Men in the 1920s
 
Attending a Flapper party or want to plan a Boardwalk Empire bash? Provided below is a 1920s dress chart advising the debonair gentleman on how to dress for a variety of social situations. We have illustrated this listing with hand-colored fashion plates from the French publication, Gazette du Bon Ton.
 
How to Dress 1920s
 
 
 
 

 
 
How to Dress 1920s
 

Motoring, Golf, Driving and Country Wear

 
  • Overcoat: Slip-on, tweed, homespun
  • Jacket: Sport model
  • Waistcoat: Fancy flannel or to match jacket
  • Trousers: Or knickers to match jacket
  • Shirt: Negligee or oxford
  • Collar: Attached
  • Tie: Four-in-hand or bow
  • Hat: Cap, soft hat, Panama or soft straw
  • Shoes: Laced calf or brown, high or low
  • Gloves: Tan cape or chamois
 
How to Dress 1920s
 
Afternoon Tea or Reception
 
  • Overcoat: Chesterfield
  • Jacket: Oxford or black cutaway
  • Waistcoat: To match or of fancy fabric
  • Trousers: Gray striped or black & white striped worsted
  • Shirt: Plain white pleated, linen
  • Spats: Pearl Gray
  • Collar: Fold or wing
  • Tie: Four-in-hand, dark gray or black
  • Hat: High silk, with felt band
  • Shoes: Patent leather or dull calf, laced
  • Jewelry: Gold or jeweled
  • Gloves: Gray suede or gray mocha
 

 
 
How to Dress 1920s
 

Day Wedding

 
  • Overcoat: Chesterfield or skirted
  • Jacket: Black or oxford cutaway
  • Waistcoat: To match jacket or pearl gray or white
  • Trousers: Striped or black and white striped worsted
  • Shirt: Linen or pique, white, pleated or stiff white
  • Spats: Pearl gray or white
  • Collar: Wing or poke
  • Tie: Black and white, gray four-in-hand or Ascot
  • Hat: High silk
  • Shoes: Patent leather, buttoned
  • Jewelry: Gold jeweled or pearl (pin permissible)
  • Gloves: Gray suede or glace
 
How to Dress 1920s
 
Informal Dinner, Stag, Country Club Dance
or Dinner at Home
 
  • Overcoat: Chesterfield or slip-on
  • Jacket: Dinner, black or dark blue
  • Waistcoat: Black silk or white pique
  • Trousers: To match jacket
  • Shirt: Pleated white, pique or linen and stiff white
  • Collar: Wing or fold
  • Tie: Bow tie, black silk
  • Hat: Derby or soft, straw
  • Shoes: Dull calf pumps or button boot
  • Jewelry: Gold or jeweled links and studs
  • Gloves: Chamois, gray mocha
 

 
 
How to Dress 1920s
 
Formal Dinner and Theater
Evening Wedding, Formal Reception, Dance
 
  • Overcoat: Skirted or dress
  • Jacket: Swallow tail, black or dark blue
  • Waistcoat: White silk (pique also worn)
  • Trousers: To match jacket
  • Shirt: Stiff linen or pique
  • Collar: Poke, wing or lap front
  • Tie: White lawn, linen or pique
  • Hat: High silk
  • Shoes: Patent leather pumps or patent leather button
  • Jewelry: Pearl links and studs or pearl, platinum trimmed
  • Gloves: White glace, buck or chamois
 
How to Dress 1920s
 
Riding
 
  • Jacket: Regulation riding jacket or more formal riding cutaway coat, black or dark oxford Melton
  • Waistcoat: To match jacket or Tattersall
  • Trousers: Regulation breeches or more formal riding trousers, dark blue or black, whipcord
  • Collar: White neck stock closed with sport pin or poke
  • Tie: Formal white Ascot fastened with sport bar pin
  • Hat: Informal riding derby, formal top hat
  • Shoes: Informal regulation riding boots, black or tan, formal black gaiters with box spurs
 
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