The pinstripe suit emerged in Victorian Britain as a form of subtle "branding" for different banks, allowing employees to be identified by their specific stripe pattern

The Industrial Revolution changed the way people dressed, as mass-produced three-piece suits became more accessible. The bourgeois class ushered in a new paradigm where men were to be defined by their commitment to industry and work, not the elaborateness of their dress. Their sobriety was a direct rebuke of the excesses of the French aristocracy.

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