Why were suits so common in the late 19th and first half of the

>>1700931
They became less popular because t-shirts are cheaper.

Only clothes sold in the market.

Men had class back then

not like today with their pants around they're knees

>>1700955
Yeah i know what you mean, like, these peeps dont even wear turquoise shorts with tight stockings that go above the knee. Like, hellooo, arent you aware showing off calves is classy!

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>>1700931
People had respect for themselves and for others.

>>1700931
Suits, and hats and walking sticks, I would bring them back all.

jesus never realized /his/ was this much fedora

>>1700931

They were a sign of civilization. So people from non-western countries wore them to show that they could be civilized too.

To peope from western countries worked in a symilar way, a man who wore a suit was a man of value, no a some poor dude who lives in the provinces and doesnt even read the newspaper.

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>>1700955

>>1701199
I kinda miss this style to at times because it seems cool looking so formal but then I realise these people wore them all the time, regardless of conditions, and how it uncomfortable it could be.

>>1700931
The world they lived in was a touch colder then ours current one. Not just global warming but also and more over the heat island effect. When concrete and asphalt replaced brick the heat island effect got a lot stronger then it had been.

Two world wars showed that dressing "civilized" and being civilized are entirely separate things.

>>1701277
really makes you think

>>1701277
damn...

>>1701277
wtf I hate suits now

>>1701277
t. anarcho primitivist

>>1701277
[upvote]

>>1701277
Nice

>>1701277
Edit: Thanks for the gold, stranger!

>>1700931
This was asked before some /his/tory /fa/g posted some reading material about this, as I remember it has something to do with cheaper clothing to supply a fast growing population. Mostly economic factors.
>>1701277
Lol, wtf?!

Suits are pretty common today as well. They're the only formal wear for men.

>>1701277
whoa, deep dude.

>>1701277
nailed it