At a moment of unprecedented creativity in men's fashion and reflection on gender, this thought provoking, richly illustrated book explores how designers, tailors, photographers and artists - and their clients and sitters - have constructed and performed masculinity and unpicked it at its seams.

Rosalind McKever is the curator of paintings and drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Claire Wilcox is the senior curator in the department of furniture, textiles, and fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a professor in fashion curation at University of the Arts London’s London College of Fashion.
Marta Franceschini is an exhibition research assistant at the Victoria and Albert Museum.