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At what point can we say that the trend towards informal dress which marked a great deal of the 20th century began? At what point did you see it in your family or in your neighborhood? I'm very interested in sociology and hope you wouldn't mind talking about this.
I would say the generations born 1920 and after began to dress less formally than previous generations. For example, my Irish great grandfather (mom's mom's dad), born in 1888, wore dress shirts, sweaters, and dress jakcets and the like. He also often wore a hat, typically a fedora or newsboy cap. In all of the picture I've seen, he never wore a t-shirt or short sleeved shirt; He was cleanshaven and clean cut.
Compared with my Italian grandfather (mom's dad), a veteran of WWII, born in 1920. He wore his hair slicked back and well kept, never ever wore a hat, and wore button down shirts, bowling shirts, polo shirts, short sleeved shirts slacks and dress shoes, somethings a gabarine jacket or a wool flannel jacket (in the late 40s and 50s). He also was clean shaven and clean cut, with a proto-fade haircut, but by the end of his life (the 1970s), he would wear flared slacks and white t-shirts, and wore thick ear length sideburns and a mustache.
My step-grandfather was Irish and was born in 1917 (d. 1998) and wore button down shirts, often in blue or other colors, a flannel shirt and always wore slacks, and always kept his hair short and in the 70s to the early 90s had ear length sideburns.
My other Italian grandfather (dad's dad), born in 1929, a veteran of the Korean War, wears and always wore a white t-shirt, sometimes a button down shirt or polo shirt, moccosin shoes, and has always (even in the '50s and '60s) worn jeans, and rarely slacks, but more often than not jeans. He also never wore a hat and instead wears his hair well greased back or to the side. I've seen him wearing sports jackets and the like, very casually dressed, and has always been clean shaven with short hair.
I would say the generations born 1920 and after began to dress less formally than previous generations. For example, my Irish great grandfather (mom's mom's dad), born in 1888, wore dress shirts, sweaters, and dress jakcets and the like. He also often wore a hat, typically a fedora or newsboy cap. In all of the picture I've seen, he never wore a t-shirt or short sleeved shirt; He was cleanshaven and clean cut.
Compared with my Italian grandfather (mom's dad), a veteran of WWII, born in 1920. He wore his hair slicked back and well kept, never ever wore a hat, and wore button down shirts, bowling shirts, polo shirts, short sleeved shirts slacks and dress shoes, somethings a gabarine jacket or a wool flannel jacket (in the late 40s and 50s). He also was clean shaven and clean cut, with a proto-fade haircut, but by the end of his life (the 1970s), he would wear flared slacks and white t-shirts, and wore thick ear length sideburns and a mustache.
My step-grandfather was Irish and was born in 1917 (d. 1998) and wore button down shirts, often in blue or other colors, a flannel shirt and always wore slacks, and always kept his hair short and in the 70s to the early 90s had ear length sideburns.
My other Italian grandfather (dad's dad), born in 1929, a veteran of the Korean War, wears and always wore a white t-shirt, sometimes a button down shirt or polo shirt, moccosin shoes, and has always (even in the '50s and '60s) worn jeans, and rarely slacks, but more often than not jeans. He also never wore a hat and instead wears his hair well greased back or to the side. I've seen him wearing sports jackets and the like, very casually dressed, and has always been clean shaven with short hair.
