In Stanisław Wasylewski’s monumental work Życie Polskie w XIX Wieku (19th-Century Polish ... went against this noble fashion somewhat by posing in peasant clothes at Karol Beyer’s photographic studio.

You might think that beards are popular now, but the mid-19th century was a ... of Parliament to curtail the fashion. By 1820 the trend had abated. British men once again returned to their razors ...