Change Your Story, Change Your Life

SUITS People wear suits. People love suits. People hate suits. There’s a popular TV series called Suits. Suits tell stories. They tell stories, and we buy into them. Sometimes, the stories are innocent. Sometimes, they’re not. This episode explores the history of suits in Western culture. It looks at how styles have changed as well as the symbolic stories that accompany those styles. You’ll learn about how you see others and yourself as we travel through time with changing fashions. These are some of the stops we’ll make along the way: Regency period – early 19th century – the age of Beau Brummell, a British dandy and fashion setter. Victorian period – mid 19th century – the age of the morning coat and the introduction of the dinner jacket for men. Edwardian period – early 20th century – the morning coat becomes standard business dress in town and country. Post World War I into the 1920s – short suits become popular and the dinner jack