Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1. Conspicuous Constructions 1
6. 2. The Old Sartorial Regime, 1550 –1688 17
7. 3. The Seventeenth-Century Fashion Crisis 51
8. 4. The Three-Piece Suit 77
9. 5. Masculinity in the “Age of Chivalry,” 1688–1832 91
10. 6. The Making of the Self-Made Man, 1750 –1850 133
11. 7. Inconspicuous Consumption 173
12. Notes 179
13. Bibliography 253
14. Index 295