No CC Decades Outfits 2.0

1930s Men's Fashion:

While the 1930s was defined as a decade by the depression that hit it in the beginning, this is not really reflected in their clothing. Instead people got really smart with materials and tending to their clothes to keep them whole longer. It's also important to remember that not everyone was poor during the depression. While some people lost everything others made a fortune and yet others just kept going like always. Either way, we see quite some changes in men's wear during this time. 

Working clothes: 

Like the other decades work clothes were dark, loose fit, durable and often very dated. Popular and new for the time was the rise in flannel shirts that became very popular, with or without a suitjacket or vest. The knitted pullover also found their way to the working man's clothes. Overalls were the staple, like in outfit three, or in summer perhaps as relaxed as outfit four. Some younger people went even further and started wearing t-shirts to work. It was certainly a lot cooler. Outfit five illustrates this shift. 

Middle/upper class clothes:

For the middle class man (or richer upper class man), suits were the way to go. Double breasted were the favourite of the time, and the ideal was a superman body (wide and muscular) to replace the slender ideal from the 20s. Pants were long and wide, almost always with a folded cuff, but there are no pants in game like that, so I settled for these instead. At home a man might wear a sweater instead of a suit jacket. Ties had definitely replaced the bow tie, and the fedora was the number 1 hat of the day. 

For summer, a man could relax a bit more and not just wear lighter suits (number 1 and 3 above would work fine in the summer), but sometimes choose not to even wear a shirt, but the new polo shirt, underneath the jacket. Some even decided to forgo the jacket entirely and just wore the polo shirt, sometimes even without tucking it in! 

For winter the coats and knitted sweaters we've used so far still work (although the vampire coat is a bit dated at this point). I've chosen to add a few new ones based on jackets of the time. The first outfit even get the high waistline right (which no pants in game does). 

I'm skipping formal/party wear again as it's still the same tuxedo as last decade. Athletic wear however does see a change. The shorts stay, often orange, maroon or kelly green. You can still wear your underwear tank top (as outfit 1 does) but also the new polo shirt (outfit 2). For outfits three and four I've opted for the varsity jacket popular among college students, and the development of the sweatshirt which often wore prints even for adult men. Micky Mouse was especially popular, here instead I used the mascot for Foxbury (that could be a mouse, right?). We also see a development in athletic shoes, and most popular are the ones that look like modern Converse shoes. 

Swimwear got even smaller and tighter during this time. The tank top you wore with them were often entirely open in the back (unfortunately we have nothing like that in game) and the shorts were very small. Gone were the skirt of modesty from the 20s although a more modest man might use a longer pair of shorts. Usually swimsuits had a white fabric belt with a metal buckle, but that does not exist in game. Towards the end of the decade, top and shorts started to be separates rather than sewn together (getting ready for removing the top in the next decade). When up on the beach rather than in the water, a stylish man could put on a t-shirt that matched his bathing suit for a more dressed outfit. 

Finally, for his underwear, a man would now almost certainly be wearing a pair of boxers. Often striped, or in colors such as white, blue or peach they came in both wool, cotton, silk or the new material rayon. They were coupled with a tank top or a t-shirt. For sleeping the same PJs and robes from previous decades work just as well in the 30s but I wanted to add the morning robe that were starting to become popular at the time, always worn at home, but often just on top of your normal clothes instead of your jacket. For the very stylish man of course.