The Intellect Handbook of Men’s Fashion
Andrew Reilly editor José Blanco F editor Ben Barry editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Intellect
Published:10th Apr '26
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The study of men’s fashion has evolved from an emerging subject to a dynamic and growing field, intersecting with critical conversations on gender, race, sexuality, disability, colonialism, and globalization.
The Handbook of Men’s Fashion pushes beyond conventional narratives by centering three guiding approaches: decentralizing and decolonizing men’s fashion studies, global viewpoints, and intersectionality. With 34 chapters from fashion and dress scholars, the collection offers a uniquely progressive perspective on the field’s development.
Divided into six sections—Theoretical Perspectives, People and Bodies, Places, Objects and Products, Promotions and Business, and Popular Culture—the book examines how masculinity is fashioned, contested, and expressed across time and space. Topics range from national dress and subcultural style to queer and disabled masculinities, luxury branding, and digital fashion communities. By centering histories and communities that have been marginalized in previous scholarship, the chapters collectively expand the boundaries of men’s fashion studies.
Rather than providing a definitive account, The Handbook of Men’s Fashion serves as an invitation to rethink the field, interrogate absences, and imagine new possibilities. It is an essential resource for scholars, students, and industry professionals invested in the past, present, and future of men’s fashion.
The main audience for this book is academic, but it will also appeal to fashion practitioners, curators, and cultural critics, and to general readers interested in the history, culture, and meaning of men’s fashion and dress.
‘This edited volume is a much-needed and forceful contribution to critical fashion studies in general and men’s fashion studies, in particular. It is a remarkable compendium that puts to rest any lingering thoughts that fashion equals femininity, and moves in an intersectional way toward global social justice in the field.’
-- Susan Kaiser, University of California, USA'This is not just a book about men’s fashion—it is a bold exploration of how men use fashion to shape and perform their masculinities. Bringing together leading voices in the field, this volume maps new directions for men’s fashion research and reveals how masculinities are dressed, expressed, and represented across cultures.
From theory to lived experience, the contributors take us on a global journey, showing how men’s bodies, styles, and self-expressions challenge the industry and expand our understanding of fashion’s power. With sharp insight into identity, culture, and representation, this book illuminates the crucial role fashion plays in constructing contemporary masculinities.
Essential reading for anyone interested in fashion studies, this volume establishes the foundations of a critical field devoted to men’s fashion—one that recognizes difference, embraces intersectionality, and insists on the global dimensions of masculinity today.'
-- William Cruz-Bermeo, fashion studies professor, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia'This is a truly forward looking, inclusive, and decentering exploration of men’s fashion and masculinities. The collection builds on the solid foundation of earlier volumes and offers an urgently needed undressing of hegemonic western masculinity to reveal the strategies and explore the styles of men, masculine bodies, and masculinities with an intersectional and decolonial praxis. The Intellect Handbook of Men’s Fashion invites scholars and interested readers to engage with and rethink systems of power that have long been dressed in the clothes of masculine domination.'
-- Nigel Lezama, associate professor and fashion studies & inclusion undergraduate program director, Toronto Metropolitan University,ISBN: 9781835952238
Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
Weight: 1155g
602 pages