Oscar Wilde was famously linked with the Aesthetic 
movement. He liked to wear a velvet jacket, flowing tie, a 
wide-awake hat and in the early days of the movement often 
wore much ridiculed breeches. He knew the value of speaking 
through appearance as he made satirical references to this 
in his plays and in a lecture on dress. He believed that 
flowing robes of classical lines and practical Turkish 
style trousers would be the better garb for both sexes.