Men's fashion has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Responding to demand, reportedly, New York Times introduced its Men's Style section last spring. Capitalizing on the frenzy around the international Fashion Weeks, this spring, designer du jour Alessandro Michele announced that all future Gucci fashion shows would feature coed collections. Design houses including Tom Ford and Vetements seem to agree, also opting to mix their runways with male and female models. These moves can be seen as a leveling of the runway that acknowledges the growing menswear market. Designers like Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders have taken notice by jumping into the men's fashion game.

Although the last three decades haven't witnessed major revolutions in the way men dress, there's no doubt that the world is paying attention to, and reporting on, the fact that men do. Any longer it's unfair to say that fashion is a women's interest topic- or even that the gender division in fashion collections is relevant any longer. A new exhibit at LACMA opening April 10 provides rooms of historical evidence to counter the claim that fashion was ever singly a feminine pursuit.

"Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015" examines history and culture through three centuries of men's styles. The exhibit is divided into five areas for contemplation.

One example from the Revolution/Evolution section shows how the sans-culotte pants of the French revolutionaries and the tartan trousers of the Malcom McLaren-era punks were both identifiers of a rebellious tribe. This room also includes a rare complete zoot suit. The suits were outlawed during World War II ostensibly because of the exorbitant amount of fabric they required. Mention of the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 shows how clothing marks marginalized and youth groups for social stigmatization and persecution.

The East/West section tackles the appropriation of Eastern styles such as the kimono and caftan in popular men's looks. Here, a smoking jacket serves as a talking point in the complexities of the Crimean War and the Turkish tobacco trade.

Uniformity explores how British naval clothing of the 18th and 19th centuries influenced the work on Saville Row and the silhouette of men's clothes for eras to come. Other common military references include the prevalence of camouflage and nautical themes in civilian clothes.

Shapewear is a theme of the LACMA exhibit, too. Should we be surprise that historically men have tried to find fixes for their figures? Vanity's name might just as well be humanity. The lengths to which gentlemen have gone to shed a few inches around their waists or add bulk to their shoulders is exposed in the padded coats, revealing swimwear and trimming corsets in this exhibit.

However the showstopper outfits are reserved for the segment called The Splendid Man. Here, the dandy and the flâneur peacock in embroidered topcoats and Etro suits. Viewers will find evidence of the sublime frivolity of fashion, regardless of the wearer's gender. Embellishments like lace, fur, rhinestones and floral patterns-prominent in men's clothes from the 16th to the 19th centuries-attest to the art inherent in clothing, both for the designer and the consumer of fashion.

Regardless of the period or the conventions, LACMA's exhibit shows that the time in men's fashion has come to suit yourself. If you weren't already.

" Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015 " is on view at LACMA, BCAM, Level 2, April 10-August 21, 2016.

-Britt Olson