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British Dandies

By Dominic Janes

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British Dandies

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Reveals how the scandalous history of fashionable men and their clothes is a reflection of changing attitudes to style, gender, and sexuality.

Well-dressed men have played a distinctive part in the cultural and political life of Britain over several centuries. But unlike the twenty-first-century hipster, the British dandies provoked intense degrees of fascination and horror in their homeland and played an important role in British society from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

This book explores that social and cultural history through a focus on three figures: the macaroni, the dandy, and the aesthete. The first was noted for his flamboyance, the second for his austere perfectionism, and the third for his perversity. All were highly controversial in their time, pioneering new ways of displaying and performing gender, as demonstrated by the impact of key figures such as Lord Hervey, George "Beau" Brummell, and Oscar Wilde.

Illustrated with contemporary prints, portraits, and caricatures, this groundbreaking study tells the fascinating--and scandalous--story of fashionable men and their clothes.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2022-05-05
Publication Date:
2022-03-18
Publisher:
Bodleian Library
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1851245596
ISBN13:
9781851245598
Weight:
654 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
237 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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