While high fashion has always had a flirtation with Victorian forms and silhouettes, this has mainly been confined to ladieswear (think: comeback of the corset). The Fall/Winter 2008 collection at Attachment is about a Victorian look for men, complete with neckties, waistcoats, and newsboy caps. What is interesting here is the mixing of class sensibilities: we have caps like those of street urchins, and silks, brocades and pocketwatches befitting a middle or upper class gentleman. Some of the cuts on the longer jackets are reminiscent of coattails and cutaways, and even the runway location puts one in a Dickensian mood. Here is the modern-day Dorian Gray.
