A gentleman's dress and gentlemanly behavior
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:17 pm
A quote about the 1840s from Richard Sennet's The Fall of Public Man:
"One could always recognize gentlemanly dress because the buttons on the sleeves of a gentleman's coat actually buttoned and unbuttoned, while one recognized gentlemanly behavior in his keeping the buttons scrupulously fastened."
"One could always recognize gentlemanly dress because the buttons on the sleeves of a gentleman's coat actually buttoned and unbuttoned, while one recognized gentlemanly behavior in his keeping the buttons scrupulously fastened."
Great!