Daily dress was much more formal than it is
today. Unless they were a workman or laborer, every gentleman was expected to
wear a coat, vest, and hat. To walk around in shirtsleeves without vest
or coat would be the modern-day equivalent of traipsing about in one’s
underwear. Very unseemly, and most ungentlemanly! They had separate style
of clothes to each leisure activities. Like
clothing for bicycles, tourists, shooting, yachting and more.
Hair
Most men wore fairly short hair throught
the era there was considerable individual choice in the way the hair was combed
-- parted slightly off-centre, at the side or brushed straight back.
They
always had a form of facial hair like moustaches, side-burns, and full beards.
A shaved face did not come back into fashion until the end of the 1880s and
early 1890s
Accessories
The proper Victorian gentleman was not seen
outdoors without a hat.
“ pocket watches and walking sticks were
popular accessories for men of the Victorian era. Ties could be thin and basic
or wide and frilly, and pocket watches of the highest quality were considered
status symbols. Walking sticks could be simple wood or topped with or brass
decoration. It went against the laws of propriety for men and women to touch
each others' bare skin in public, and so gloves were very common for both men
and women.” From http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_5437485_history-victorian-era-mens-clothing.html
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