A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.
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A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.
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Bonus - The Men’s Suit and the Aesthetics of Power w/ Derek Guy (Preview)
American Prestige
10 minutes
3 weeks ago
Bonus - The Men’s Suit and the Aesthetics of Power w/ Derek Guy (Preview)
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Danny speaks with writer and menswear critic Derek Guy about the politics of fashion, exploring how style reflects class, power, and ideology. They explore fashion’s moral economy, how neoliberalism turned personal style into a marker of moral worth, the influence of Savile Row and Brooks Brothers, the evolution of men’s dress from the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the aesthetics of American politics from JFK to Trump (including why Derek contends Reagan was the most stylish modern president), and how taste became a language of power.
Read Derek's piece in The Nation, "How Did Republican Fashion Go From Blazers to Belligerence?"
Also check out his piece at Die, Workwear!, "The Suit Died, but for Good Reasons."
American Prestige
A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.
americanprestige.supportingcast.fm