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Pavilion, London, 2010 London: Pavilion, 2010. First edition. First printing, with full number line. Hardcover. Full black cloth, silver spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. Publishers original price intact on rear jacket cover (£25.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Quarto (12 x 9 inches), 200 pages, profusely illustrated in black and white and color. "Sharp Suits" traces the evolution of the tailored mens suit from Victorian formality to contemporary fashion, covering styles such as the double-breasted, striped, checked, and white suits, along with chapters on Savile Row, Italian tailoring, music, film, and iconic wearers from the Duke of Windsor to David Bowie. Eric Musgrave (born 1950) is a British fashion journalist and author of several works on menswear history and tailoring.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.