April 12, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Last year, we’ve seen the sapeurs of the Congo – men who meet up once a week, dress up in sartorial elegance and spend the night dancing, chatting and drinking. Now, South Africa has it’s own kind of modern dandyism … Weiterlesen
Februar 20, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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This is a representation of Raw-no-way-cooh-krah, one of the Ottoe chiefs. He is dressed in a tunic made of the entire skin of a grisly bear, with a head-dress of war-eagle’s quills. Mr. Catlin, who travelled among the Indians, and … Weiterlesen
Februar 16, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Dandies in general — Dandy Automata and their Tailors — Dandies in Wax —Grecian and Roman Dandies — French Petits-maitres and Gourmands — Duke of Cumberland’s Wig—Dandy Relics. It is a common notion, that the present age abounds more than … Weiterlesen
Februar 12, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Many of our readers may like to see a Chinese dandy; and here is a clever portrait of one, which may convince them that barbarism is tolerably evenly divided between London and Pekin, and a Celestial exquisite is, allowing for … Weiterlesen
Februar 10, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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It must not be supposed that the love of fine dress is confined to city dandies and dandisettes. By no means; for travellers tell us that among the tribes that inhabit the far west, the young Indian men have a … Weiterlesen
Februar 9, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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The following description of a Chinese exquisite, is from a new work on China, by P. Dobel, formerly Russian Consul to China, and a resident in that country for seven years: – “His dress is composed of crapes and silks … Weiterlesen
Februar 8, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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Je vous prierais de me dire la vraie signification et l’origine du mot Gandin, que l’on a occasion de rencontrer si souvent dans les romans modernes. Lorsqu’il a publié son Dictionnaire de la Langue verte, en 1867, M. Alfred Delvau … Weiterlesen
Februar 4, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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The Crees are a pretty and pleasing tribe about three thousand strong, living in the country northwest of the Yellowstone and into the British possessions, where they commonly trade. The Crees are small in stature but of wonderful prowess for … Weiterlesen
Januar 23, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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At the outset of the Intellectual Life, perhaps it may be as well to guard the young aspirant to the portals of Knowledge against a very common deformity beheld there, the Intellectual Dandy; the spirit of the Fop is not … Weiterlesen
November 2, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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The kingdom of the roués has been taken from them; and we do not suppose that there was ever a moment at which libertinism was so much below par in the great world as at the commencement of the year … Weiterlesen