Black became the leading color of men’s clothes after the third decade of the nineteenth century. The black suit was purely a symbol, with the exception of abstract philosophy, music, cuisine, and love-making. Without the black suits, men would have nothing. In the hierarchy of style, a good black suit leftover a man’s only trump card. The Black suit still carries an air of success, taste, and style. It is designed to make you look better, to break boundaries between social classes. The Black suit looks good in restaurants, wedding, trains and dinner parties in short, everywhere you want to be. It is, in its best forms, a complete outfit that will never fail you.
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