Alexis Weissenberg, Pianist und laut Welt eleganter Stilist und Klassik-Dandy.
Juli 19, 2008
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Juli 19, 2008
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Kölnische Rundschau: James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), »ein kosmopolitischer Dandy mit 7-Milliarden-Dollar-Hintergrund«, Sohn von Henry Baldwin Hyde, dem damals drittgrößten Lebensversicherer der Welt, betrachtete sich als »eine exotische Pflanze, die Luxusausgabe, limitiert, auf feinem Papier und im Ledereinband.«
Juli 19, 2008
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Dandyism
MR. EDITOR, For the benefit of a few of our Townsmen, I take the liberty of enclosing you some extracts on Dandyism. Surely men should never be ambitious of the notoriety and obloquy which must ever attach to a vile … Weiterlesen
Juli 17, 2008
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Winston Chesterfield about The Green Carnation Dandy, the Immaculate Dandy and the Modern Dandy on Mensflair.com.
Juli 17, 2008
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A quatre épingles.
A quatre épingles. (Fr.) , “With four pins.” A man whose dress is distinguished by an affectation of superior dandyism, is said to be mis à quatre épingles, or, tiré à quatre épingles, or as the English say, just come … Weiterlesen
Juli 14, 2008
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Gnats
No insect has delighted me more than the Gnat. In my boyhood, the shrill sound of its tiny horn was sufficient to conjure up a thousand visions of elves and fairies, and even now that sound will remind me of … Weiterlesen
Juli 13, 2008
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Heliogabalus
In equal silence, as we have already stated, is the name of Constantine passed over; but to make us amends for such trivial omissions, M. de Chateaubriand, well knowing that his forte lies in the gaudy and rhetorical, or wishing, … Weiterlesen
Juli 13, 2008
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Beau Forrester
It will not be amiss here to mention the following amusing traditionary reminiscence of “Beau Forrester,” the gentleman to whose shoulders the author of “My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror” has chosen to transfer all the guilt of the Viscount P, . … Weiterlesen
Juli 12, 2008
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Dandyism in Dress
XII. Avoid all excess in your costume. A gentleman will never caricature his person like a singe fop in modern farce. A wealthy man can afford to appear plain and neat , a poor man sometimes is compelled to dress … Weiterlesen
Juli 10, 2008
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The Gentlemen in Green Veils!
Our fair friends have really cause to complain of the gentlemen, for the adoption by them of their own peculiar and appropriate articles of dress. We did not think that dandyism had progressed so far as to abstract the veils … Weiterlesen