Influence of television on menswear fashion

Tv has a huge influence on the trends and the way in which men dress. Miami vice, mad men and the new wave of reality TV has altered fashion in the past 30 years.
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an 80's TV show and is renowned for changing and inspiring men's fashion. So much so it has a fashion page dedicated to its fashion of the time.

Characters of the show made pastel t shirts and linen suits popular fashion trends in the 1980's. The Armani blazer made Italian fashion popular in the United States once again. The blazer and pastel t shirt were accompanied by linen trousers and loafers to match. Below is a picture of  Sonny Crockett played by Don Johnson and typical fashion trends at the time.

Mad men

Mad men is a 1960's inspired tv series which looks at advertisers working in madison avenue and were therefore given the nickname mad men. The tv show has inspired a second coming of tight fitted grey suits and crisp spread collars. Don Draper below is the main character and his fashion can be seen progressing through the series from varying suits, white shirts, overcoats, pocket squares, hats and shoes.

Below is examples of the types of suits worn by Don Draper. Although the suits are simple and plain, they maintain the classic gentleman look of the 1960's. According to paste magazine tailoring suits as seen in mad men make a suit look more sophisticated and therefore makes the man wearing it look like a stud.

                                                               

Don Draper who is played by John Hamm is seen always wearing bleach white still collared shirts. The plain shirts has a point collar which spreads enough to just meet the lapel of the suit jacket. Real men style has a page which is dedicated to the style worn in the show. It mentions that he favors straight ties, this creates a very deliberate, upward- pointing arrow effect on the front of his body, guiding viewers guide directly to his face. 

The X factor

Although not often linked with fashion, the reality tv shows and especially the x factor has aided the popularity for fast quick changing fashion. The x factor has turned into a weekly fashion show showing off the newest and latest fashion trends both by the high street stores and luxury fashion houses. Below are rough copy who competed in last years X factor. They were known for there street style edgy look which changed each week.

One direction were a band who were in the 2010 x- factor. They have now become the biggest boyband in the world and Harry Styles is a frequent member in the front row at London fashion week at shows including Burberry.