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2. French Connection (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   French Connection. French Connection (also branded as FCUK or fcuk) is a UK-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware. Founded in the early 1970s by Stephen Marks who also serves as chairman and chief executive, it is based in London and its parent French Connection Group PLC was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange.

3. Pork pie hat - Wikipedia

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   The porkpie hat enjoyed a slight resurgence in exposure and popularity after Gene Hackman's character Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle wore one in the 1971 film The French Connection. [14] Doyle was based on real-life policeman Eddie Egan, who played the captain in the film, and his exploits. Egan was famous all his life for wearing a pork pie hat. [15]

4. Stephen Marks - Wikipedia

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   Harrow, Middlesex, England. Occupation (s) Fashion retailer and wholesaler. Years active. 1972–present. Known for. Founder, chairman and chief executive of French Connection. Stephen Anthony Solomon Marks (born 23 May 1946) is a British fashion retailer and founder, chairman and chief executive of the French Connection brand. [ 1][ 2][ 3]

5. 1775–1795 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1775–1795 in Western fashion. Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk (portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett), 1785. Fashion in the twenty years between 1775 and 1795 in Western culture became simpler and less elaborate. These changes were a result of emerging modern ideals of selfhood, [ 1] the declining fashionability of highly elaborate ...

6. Frock coat - Wikipedia

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   Frock coat. Double wedding with grooms wearing formal black double-breasted frock coats with silk -faced lapels, light grey waistcoats, cashmere striped formal trousers, button dress boots, light gloves and Ascot -knotted cravats with cravat pin (April 1904). A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all ...

7. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   The suit is a traditional form of men's formal clothes in the Western world. For some four hundred years, suits of matching coat, trousers, and waistcoat have been in and out of fashion. The modern lounge suit's derivation is visible in the outline of the brightly coloured, elaborately crafted royal court dress of the 17th century (suit, wig ...