Subject: gentleman in white tie

Culture: international formal

Setting: high formal

Object: costume = top hat, overcoat, tailcoat, bowtie, waistcoat, shirt, gloves, trousers, shoes

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > A Century of Clothing: Circa 1850s-1950s *

"Men's Top Hat United States ca. 1890 Beaver, Linen, Silk, Leather, and Cotton" ...

* Men's Warehouse

* Fair Park > Daughters of the American Revolution

Arlington Museum of Art > Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume *

"V.A. VANDEVERE Dumbo (2019) Worn by Michael Keaton Costume design by Colleen Atwood

A NOTE FROM THE DESIGNER '[Michael Keaton] and I laughed because he definitely didn't want a necktie

... we did the cravat, which was even better anyway, this sort of dandification.

Vandevere is a guy that's between the circus and the bank at all times,

so he was a little bit of circus, but a little bit of bank, and so that was kind of how I built his character.

He was acceptable to the bank guys, but he was a little bit flashy compared to them,

but he was a little bit more refined in the circus.' Colleen Atwood"

* George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum

* Fort Worth Museum of Science and History > A Century of Clothing: Circa 1850s-1950s