März 26, 2013
von Melanie Grundmann
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[Guest Post] For as long as anyone living can remember, diamonds have been the highest standard in fancy jewellery. Of course, to some extent the glamour and appeal of any piece of jewellery depends on who’s wearing it and who’s … Weiterlesen
März 26, 2013
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Sorope Davies, who was an intimate friend of Byron; was also a friend of Brummell’s. One day at Cambridge he entered Byron’s rooms and found the poet in bed with his hair in curl papers. ‘Ha, ha ! Byron, I … Weiterlesen
März 14, 2013
von Melanie Grundmann
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“Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion” is the title of a new exhibition at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, on display from April 28 to August 18, 2013. With a focus on the persona and history of the … Weiterlesen
September 27, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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The dandy, after having made love to his looking-glass for an hour, and having breakfasted at the “fashionable” time, (which, like all “appendages to fashion,” varies according to circumstances) sets out for the square or the promenade; where, with quizzing-glass … Weiterlesen
September 24, 2012
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Air.—White Cockade. Though much has been sung, and likewise said, About a dandy dog’s-meat blade, You’ll think it good as any farce, To hear of the dandy cat’s-meat lass. She was a handsome cat’s-meat lass, In short, a wirgin cat’s-meat … Weiterlesen
September 22, 2012
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He was perfumed like a milliner; And ‘twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took’t away again. Henry Hotspur. We hope none of the gentlemen belonging to … Weiterlesen
September 22, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Le lorgnon monoculaire est devenu aujourd’hui une espèce de nécessité pour quelques dandys, qui, dans nos promenades et nos spectacles, se le campent devant un œil et l’y maintiennent en contractant les muscles de la face, du front et des … Weiterlesen
September 22, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Ein Lorgnon ist eine halbe Lünette, es hat nur ein Glas, das gewöhnlich in Gold und Silber eingefaßt und dessen Form bald rund, bald viereckig ist. Das Lorgnon pflegt gewohnlich an einem breiten, schwarzen Seidenbande, oder an einem dünnen, goldenen … Weiterlesen
September 22, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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By the way, the dandies wear stays too! We have some regard for these gentlemen, because they have reckoned great names among them in times of old, and have some very clever and amiable ones now, and manly withal too. … Weiterlesen
September 18, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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One of our most exquisite fashionists was passing through the lobby of Covent-Garden; – always strong light you know, – quite thin just then, – and the shadow of his lordship with the Salvator Rosa head, – five-inch collar, – … Weiterlesen