Dezember 30, 2009
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A French nobleman of distinquished taste, has recently had his drawing-room fitted up and furnished in the following style. The apartment is hung with grey watered paper, with an amaranth bordering, the tints corresponding with those of the silk which … Weiterlesen
Dezember 21, 2009
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In the days of Dandyism (an epoch so completely obsolete, that it might serve instead of ‘In the time of King Arthur,’ to date the commencement of a fairy tale !), it was an indispensable evidence of exclusivism, for even … Weiterlesen
November 28, 2009
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On entering Grignon’s a few weeks ago, I was surprised by the very novel spectacle of the ‘Carte en deuil.’ I looked eagerly round the room for some one to solve this enigma, when I espied, in a corner, reading … Weiterlesen
Oktober 10, 2009
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National sports and pastimes may be said to arise out of circumstances of climate and government; just as certain plants and trees are indigenous to the soil. Few of them will bear transplantation to other latitudes. The Montagnet Busses, so … Weiterlesen
August 3, 2009
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Tortoni’s, the last survivor of whose founders died only the other day, has its historical reminiscences. Therein is to be found the salon, known as the “blue salon,” once hallowed by the occupancy of M. de Talleyrand. The window is … Weiterlesen
April 26, 2009
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TAKEN FROM THE RING IN HYDE PARK. There is nothing else in nature or in art, nor even in art and nature united, that may compare with the Ring in Hyde Park on a fine Sunday at four o’clock, P.m., … Weiterlesen
September 17, 2008
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Heute gesehen: KARE Design, nach eigenen Angaben “Trendsetter für modernes und leidenschaftliches Wohnen”, trumpft mit einer Dandy Möbellinie auf. Das Dandy-Ideal ist jedoch, zumindest nach außen, leidenschaftslos. Wir sehen darin erneut die paradoxale Essenz des Dandys bestätigt. Tweet
September 13, 2008
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Das Oldtimer-Magazin Motor Klassik berichtet über die Restauration des Citroà«n DS Coupé Le Dandy. Der elegante Zweitürer wurde in den Fünfzigern vom französischen Carossier Henri Chapron entworfen und besticht durch zeitlose Eleganz. Tweet
April 20, 2008
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Das Café Tortoni in der rue Taitbout, Paris, war Treffpunkt der Dandys und der fashionablen Gesellschaft. Die Zeitschrift La Mode schrieb am 25. Juli 1843: »C’est vainement que la concurrence cherche à enlever la foule élégante qui remplit chaque soir … Weiterlesen
Oktober 14, 2007
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At Crockford’s, the Queen of the gaming-clubs, as much as L20.000 had been known to be lost and won in a single evening. Crockford himself had risen from making his living as a small fishmonger to presiding as ‘the Scourge … Weiterlesen