Selected Bibliography

• Men's Fashion

“After Six: 101 Years of Tradition and Innovation.” After Six. 2006. <http://www.aftersix.com/corporate_overview.html>

American Gentleman. Various issues from 1916-1940

Amies, Hardy. ABC of Men's Fashion. New York: Abrams. 2007 reprint of 1964 editon.

Angeloni, Umberto. The Boutonniere: Style in One’s Lapel. New York: Universe. 2000.

Antongiavanni, Nicholas. The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style. New York: Collins. 2006.

Apparel Arts. Various issues from 1931 to 1935.

“Back in Black.” North Shore News. June 1999.

<http://www.nsnews.com/issues99/w060799/tux.html>

Boyer, G. Bruce. Elegance: A Guide to Quality in Menswear. New York: Norton. 1985.

Blackman, Callie. One Hundred Years of Menswear. London: Laurence King Publishing. 2009.

“Black Tie.” Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Accessed 2006, 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tie>

Chaille, Francois. The Book of Ties. London, Paris: Flammarion. 1996.

Chenoune, Farid. A History of Men's Fashion. Paris: Flammarion. 1993.

Laver, James. Costume and Fashion: A Concise History. 4th edition. New York: Thames and Hudson. 2002.

Costumer's Manifesto, The. Accessed 2006-2007
<http://costumes.org>

Cunnington, C Willett and Phyllis. Handbook of English Costume in the Eighteenth Century. London: Faber. 1972.

Cunnington, C Willett and Phyllis. Handbook of English Costume in the Nineteenth Century. London: Faber. 1959.

"Dandy, The" The Regency Collection. Accessed 2006 <http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/regency/dandy.html>

De Berard, Frederick B. Correct Dress. New York: Jos. W. Gibson. 1887.

Esquire. Issues from 1933 to 1964.

Flusser, Alan. Clothes and the Man: The Principles of Fine Men's Dress. New York: Villard Books. 1985.

Flusser, Alan. Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion. New York: HarperCollins. 2002.

Flusser, Alan. Style and the Man. New York: HarperStyle. 1996.

“Formalwear.” Encyclopedia of Men’s Clothes CD-ROM. R. Andrew Gilchrist. 2002.

Gale, Bill. Esquire's Fashions for Today. New York: Harper & Row. 1973.

Gentleman’s Quarterly. Various issues from 1958 to present.

“Grizzly’s Lark and a Legend.” Village of Tuxedo Park. August 11, 2005. <http://www.votuxpk.com/History/GrizzysLarkAndALegend.htm> (link no longer active) archived at <http://web.archive.org/web/20050811080754/http://www.votuxpk.com/History/
GrizzysLarkAndALegend.htm>

“History of Men’s Tuxedos and Male Formal Wear, The.” About.com. <http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/tuxedo.htm>

Hix, Charles. Dressing Right: A Guide for Men. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 1978.

Johnson Gross, Kim and Jeff Stone. Men's Wardrobe. New York: Alfred Knopf. 1998.

Jones, Dylan. Mr. Jones' Rules for the Modern Man. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 2006.

Karlen, Josh and Christopher Sulavik. The Indispensable Guide to Classic Men’s Clothing. New York: Tatra Press. 1999.

Leggatt, WE and TW Hodgkinson. The "Climax System" for Cutting Gentlemen’s Garments, 4th edition. London: Minister and Co. Ltd. 192?.

Lenius, Oscar. A Well-Dressed Gentleman's Pocket Guide. London: Carlton Publishing Group. 1998.

Maneker, Marion. Dressing in the Dark: Lessons in Men's Style from the Movies. New York: Assouline Publications. 2002.

Mansfield, Allan and Phyllis Cunnington. Handbook of English Costume in the Twentieth Century, 1900-1950. London: Faber. 1973.

McInerney, Jay et al. Dressed to Kill: James Bond, The Suited Hero. Paris, New York: Flammarion. 1996 Men’s Wear. Various issues from 1924 to 1930.

Men’s Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century / by Jno. J. Mitchell Co. ; selected and with an introduction by Jean L. Druesedow. New York: Dover. 1990.

Minister’s Gazette of Fashion. Various issues from 1901 to 1930.

Molloy, John T. Dress for Success. New York: Warner Books. c1975.

Molloy, John T. John T. Molloy's New Dress for Success. New York: Warner Books. 1988.

Peacock, John. Men’s Fashion: The Complete Sourcebook. London: Thames and Hudson. 1996.

Peres, Daniel and the editors of Details. Details Men's Style Manual: The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Clothes Work for You. Gotham Books. 2007.

“Prince and Mrs. Potter, The.” Village of Tuxedo Park. August 28, 2005. <http://www.votuxpk.com/History/HistoryOfTheTuxedo.htm> (link no longer active) archived at <http://web.archive.org/web/20050828155508/http://www.votuxpk.com/ History/HistoryOfTheTuxedo.htm>

Roetzel, Bernhard. Gentleman: A Timeless Fashion. Cologne: Knonemann. 1999.

Sartorial Arts Journal. Various issues from 1890s - 1910s.

Schoeffler, O. E. and William Gale. Esquire’s Encyclopedia of 20th Century Men’s Fashions. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1973.

Shep, R. L. and Gail Cariou. Shirts & Men's Haberdashery: 1840s to 1920s. Mendocino, CA: R. L. Shep. 1999.

Smith, Russell. Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. 2005.

Storey, Nicholas. History of Men's Fashion: What the Well Dressed Man is Wearing. Barnsley: Remember When. 2008.

"Survey of Men's Fashion From Antiquity to the Present." From the New York Public Library exhibit "A Rakish History of Men's Wear" 2006-2007 <http://www.nypl.org/press/2006/rakish.cfm>

Whole Art of Dress, The. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. 1830.

Yarwood, Doreen. English Costume From the Second Century B.C. to 1950. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1952.

• Etiquette and Tradition

Baldrige, Letitia. Letitia Baldrige's New Manners for New Times: A Complete Guide to Etiquette. New York: Scribner. 2003.

Best, Amy L. Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture. New York: Routledge.   2000.

Claridge, Laura. Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners. New York: Random House. 2008.

Complete Bachelor, The: Manners for Men / by the Author of the "As Seen by Him" Papers. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1896.

"Cracking the Dress Code." Ask Andy About Clothes. Accessed 2006. <http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/Clothes%20Articles/cracking_the_dress_code.htm>

Frederick Warne and Co. Modern Etiquette in Public and Private: Including Society at Large, the Etiquette of Weddings, the Ball-Room, the Dinner-Table, the Toilet, &c, &c. London, New York: Frederick Warne and Co. 1893.

Gardiner, Juliet. The Edwardian Country House. London: Channel 4 Books. 2002.

Green, Walter Cox. The Book of Good Manners: A Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions. New York: Social Mentor Publications. 1922.

Green, Walter Cox. A Dictionary of Etiquette: A Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions. New York: Brentano's. 1904.

Habits of Good Society: A Handbook for Ladies and Gentlemen, The. New York: Carleton. 1865. Note: dress information reprinted in Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette (1860) and The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Etiquette Book of the Best Society (1878). Also quoted in Martine's Handbook of Etiquette (1866).

Hall, Florence Howe. Good Form for All Occasions: A Manual of Manners, Dress and Entertainment for Both Men and Women. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1914.

Harland, Marion. Marion Harland’s Complete Etiquette: a Young People’s Guide to Every Social Occasion. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1914.

Holt, Emily. Encyclopædia of Etiquette: What to Write, What to Do, What to Wear, What to Say: A Book of Manners for Everyday Use. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1901.

Holt, Emily. Encyclopædia of Etiquette: What to Write, What to Do, What to Wear, What to Say: A Book of Manners for Everyday Use. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. 1915.

Kingsland, Florence. Etiquette for All Occasions by Mrs. Burton Kingsland. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company. 1901. Note: reprinted as The Book of Good Manners: Etiquette for All Occasions (1907).

Lunettes, Henry. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion; or, Familiar Letters to His Nephews. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1857.

Manual of Politeness, Comprising the Principles of Etiquette, and Rules of Behaviour in Genteel Society, for Persons of both Sexes., A. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1842.

Marling, Karal Ann. Debutante: Rites and Regalia of American Debdom. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. 2004.

Martin, Judith. Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2005.

Miller, Llewellyn. The Encyclopedia of Etiquette; A Guide to Good Manners in Today's World.   New York: Crown Publishers. 1967.

Modern Etiquette in Public and Private Including Society at Large, the Etiquette of Weddings, the Ball-Room, the Dinner-Table, the Toilet, &c, &c. London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co. 1893

Morgan, John. Debrett’s New Guide to Etiquette & Modern Manners. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press. 2001.

Ordway, Edith B. The Etiquette of To-day. New York: Sully and Kleintech. 1913.

Osmun, Thomas Embley. The Mentor; A little Book for the Guidance of Such Men and Boys as Would Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort by Alfred Ayres [pseud.]. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1902.

"Party Definitions." About.com. Accessed 2006. <http://fashion.about.com/cs/glossary/a/partydefinition.htm>

Post, Elizabeth L. Etiquette, the Blue Book of Social Usage. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. 1965

Post, Elizabeth L. The Emily Post Book of Etiquette for Young People. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1967.

Post, Elizabeth L. The New Emily Post’s Etiquette. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. 1969, 1975, 1984, 1992 editions

Post, Emily. Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls. 1922.

Post, Emily. Etiquette, the Blue Book of Social Usage. New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls. 1927, 1931, 1937, 1945, 1955 editions.

Post, Peggy. Emily Post’s Etiquette. New York: HarperCollins. 1997, 2004 editions.

Pringle, Gertrude. Etiquette in Canada: The Blue Book of Canadian Social Usage. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited. 1932 and 1949 editions.

"Prom." Ed. Pendergast, Sarah and Tom.   The Saint James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Detroit: St. James Press. 2000.

“Prom.” Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Accessed 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prom>

“Quinceanera.” Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Accessed 2007. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinceanera>

Roberts, Helen L. Cyclopaedia of Social Usage, The: Manners and Customs of the Twentieth Century. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Note: also published under the title Putnam's Handbook of Etiquette: A Cyclopaedia of Social Usage, Giving Manners and Customs of the Twentieth Century (1913).

Routledge's Manual of Etiquette. London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited. c1860s. Note: dress information is reprinted in Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society (1869).

Stone, Mrs. (Elizabeth). Chronicles of Fashion, from the time of Elizabeth to the Early part of the Nineteenth Century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume, etc. Vol II. London: Richard Bentley. 1845.

Tuckerman, Nancy. The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 1995.

Troubridge, Lady (Laura). The Book of Etiquette (Vol II). [London:] The Associated Bookbuyers' Company. 1927.

Turudich, Daniela. Vintage Weddings: Resource and Guidebook, 1910s-1950s. Long Beach, Calif.: Chicago: Streamline Press; Distributed to the book trade by IPG. 2001.

Vanderbilt, Amy. The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: A Guide to Contemporary Living / rev. and expanded by Letitia Baldrige.   Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 1978

Vanderbilt, Amy. Amy Vanderbilt's Everyday Etiquette / Letitia Baldrige. Toronto, New York: Bantam, 1981.

Vanderbilt, Amy. Complete Book of Etiquette: The Guide to Gracious Living. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1952.

Vanderbilt, Amy. Etiquette. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972.

Vanderbilt, Amy. New Complete Book of Etiquette: The Guide to Gracious Living. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 1963.

Vogue's Book of Etiquette: A Complete Guide to Traditional Forms and Modern Usage, by Millicent Fenwick. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1948.

Vogue’s Book of Etiquette and Good Manners. New York: Condé Nast Publications. 1969.

Vogue’s Book of Etiquette: Present-Day Customs of Social Intercourse with the Rules for Their Correct Observance, by the Editors of Vogue. New York: Condé Nast Publications. 1925.

Wallace, Claire. Canadian Etiquette. Winnipeg: Greywood Publishing. 1968.

Wallace, Claire. Mind Your Manners [A Complete Dictionary of Etiquette for Canadians]. Toronto: Harlequin Books. 1954.

Watson, Lillian (Eichler). The Book of Etiquette Vol 2. Oyster Bay, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday. 1921.

Watson, Lillian (Eichler). The New Book of Etiquette. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. 1931.

Watson, Lillian (Eichler). The New Book of Etiquette, completely revised edition. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing. 1936.

Watson, Lillian (Eichler). The Standard Book of Etiquette. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing. 1948.

Waggoner, Glen and Kathleen Moloney. Esquire Etiquette: The Modern Man's Guide to Good Form. New York: MacMillan. 1987.

Ward, Mrs. H.O. Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society; Customs, Manners, Morals and Home Culture. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. 1878

"Wedding Guest Attire" About.com. Accessed 2006. <http://fashion.about.com/cs/tipsadvice/a/weddingguest.htm>

Wilson, Margery. The New Etiquette: The Modern Code of Social Behavior. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1937.

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