Skip to content

Keyword

Clothes Make the Man

Start Date 17 May 2002
End Date 05 January 2003
Venue McCord Museum of Canadian History
Location Montreal, Canada
Designer Origin Studios
exhibition display of men's waistcoats
exhibition display of mannequins dressed in menswear
exhibition display of mannequins, one dressed in a amber suit (18th Century?) with breeches and one in a later suit, 20th century
exhibition display of mannequins dressed in menswear
exhibition display of mannequins dressed in leather menswear

Contrary to popular belief, men’s enthusiasm for fashion has persisted across the centuries. Clothes Make the MAN explores how men’s clothing decisions have been shaped by vanity, practicality and, of course, the ever-elusive masculine ideal. This exhibition by the McCord Museum, Montreal takes a penetrating look at the trends and traditions in men’s fashion over the past three hundred years.

Images courtesy of McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada.