(Hardback)

Dressy men as a type of celebrity have played a distinctive part in the cultural and even in the political life of Britain over several centuries. This groundbreaking study tells the scandalous story of fashionable men and their clothes as a reflection of changing attitudes not only to style but also to gender and sexuality.

(Hardback)

"Using eight key personalities as case studies, this book explores the origins of gay and queer cultures in the worlds of high fashion and counter-cultural expression"--

(Paperback)