On The Anti-fashion Phenomenon Of Modern Men’’swear

Since the 17 th century,men’s wear has experienced the events of the French Revolution,the bourgeois industrial revolution,and the two World Wars.The styles of men’s wear have changed greatly from the past and gradually formed its simple fashion style.The representing "three-piece set" suit established by Charles II has become an important force in constructing men’s simple fashion and even become classical men’s wear ever since.However,in the process of becoming classics modern men’s suit still endeavors to be as fashionable as possible and displays itself in different ways so as to play some important roles in the formation of men’s subjectivity.By making use of some methodologies of literature research,comparative research and image analysis,this paper means to do a comparative study of the men’s style and women’s style since the 16 th century so as to analyze the surface phenomenon,deep meaning,influencing factors which shapes the phenomenon of men’s anti-fashion gradually as well as its role played in the making of the men’s subjectivity.First of all,the paper introduces the research background,research status,significance and methodologies it uses,and gives a general description of the antifashion phenomenon and its various expressions in society.Then,it focuses attention on the development process and expression of men’s anti-fashion phenomenon.At first it lists the main reasons of men’s anti-fashion from the analysis of patriarchalism,fear of male homosexuality,utilitarianism and the influences of social aesthetics.Secondly it examines the function of antifashion of men’s wear on the formation of men’s subjectivity from the three aspects of gender,image and identity respectively.The conclusions of the paper gives a brief description and discussion on the status quo of men’s wear.Under the support of the above arguments,it concludes that the anti-fashion phenomenon in men’s wear is only a stage in the development of men’s wear,and part of the whole cycle of men’s fashion.With the development of time it will enter a new and fashionable stage of development.