Beau Dozier Site : Social life in England centered less on the royal court than it did in France, and royalty thus had less influence on English fashions. Neither gaudy nor ostentatious, the English suit had an air of elegance, the result of its beautiful tailoring. Foreigners observed that Englishmen usually wore plain dark suits. This observation held true both for the rising middle class and for significant segments of the English aristocracy, especially country gentlemen. A spirit of cultural nationalism led many English people to regard their clothing as functionally and morally superior to styles on the European continent. A division developed between Paris, which continued to dominate women's fashion until well into the 20th century, and London, which became the center of men's fashion.

        Dozier Blog : Today an inability to refashion and reshape our bodies whilst constantly monitoring the cultural ideal leaves us failing the fashion test. Those that pass the fashion test invariably spend their lives absorbed in a circle of diet, exercise, cosmetic surgery and other regimes. This includes the rigors of shopping in search of the ultimate garb.
The Need for Tribal Belonging.Our reluctance to give ourselves a regular makeover through diet, exercise, and consistently conscious use of specific dress styles infers that we have the personality flaws of a weak willed human. We become in the eyes of fashion aficionados somewhat inadequate and imperfect in the fashion stakes. Thus we strive to keep a culturally satisfying appearance so that we feel better, whereas in fact we are striving to stay in the tribe, whatever type of tribe that may be.

        Beau Dozier Producer : A disappointment, this show seemed to be catered at the skinny indie boy who is becoming desperately out of fashion. Aside from some great raincoats, and some knitwear and outerwear, any normal sized guy will struggle to fit into any of this collection.