Januar 5, 2009
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“Neat, trimly dress’d, Fresh as a bridegroom;, and still he smil’d, and talk’d.” Shakspeare. HAVING recently received the following letter, we hasten to lay it before our readers: To the Editors of the Microscope. Gentlemen,, I have the honour to … Weiterlesen
Dezember 31, 2008
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BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE WHOLE ART OF DRESS.” Despotic thing, for ever changing, Ever bright, and ever new, Through varied maze of fancy ranging, Hail! in all, and worship you. St. James’s, an unpublished Poem. The influence of fashion … Weiterlesen
Dezember 30, 2008
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Si quis nunc quœrat, quo res hœc pertinet? ¡lluc: Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Malthinus tunicis demissis ambulat — —-Uter est insanior horum? Hor. What in the name of Phaeton is this vehicle rolling quickly along St. James’s … Weiterlesen
Dezember 22, 2008
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It is amusing to walk down Regent street in the height of the London season, and see the changes that each year produces in the costume of the promenaders; to speculate on the impression the fashions of the day would … Weiterlesen
Dezember 13, 2008
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IT will, perchance, set some of my readers in a puzzle to discover what connexion can exist between fashion and philosophy, especially those who are apt to confound terms, and imagine that philosophy can only be applied in the vulgar … Weiterlesen
September 29, 2008
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The Beau of 1734 “was like the cinnamon-tree; his bark is worth more than his body. A creature of the doubtful gender, masculine in habit, and feminine in manners; one who has so little manners, that he himself doth not … Weiterlesen
September 5, 2008
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The Tatler writes about the Beau: PRIGS AND BEAUX From my own Apartment, December 5, 1709. THERE is nothing (that) gives a man a greater satisfaction than the sense of having dispatched a great deal of business, especially when it … Weiterlesen
September 5, 2008
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definition: attendant, suitor of a lady; a man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy see also: the beau monde, the fashionable world; the beau idéal, the ideal beauty, beautifulness as an abstract ideal; the sense … Weiterlesen
August 3, 2008
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Edward, alone, reading. Enter Harry, with an important air. Harry: HOW are you, Ned? Edward: What, is it you, brother Harry? Were it not for the small part of your face, that appears between your fore-top and your cravat, I … Weiterlesen
Juli 27, 2008
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AT ev’ry corner, and in ev’ry street, Some gaudy, useless animal we meet, Resembling men in nothing but their shape, Their truest lineage is the friskful ape; These are distinguished by the rank and name Of Well-bread gentlemen, that notice … Weiterlesen