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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion - Charles II - Fashion Restored?

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages. The restoration of Charles II seems to signal a return to the old sartorial order. But alarm bells over 'unpatriotic' French fashions prompt the style that will become the 'three-piece suit', and the court begins to lose its grip on men's fashion. A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.