Dandysme

Historisches, Kulturelles und Literarisches zum Dandy

Dezember 30, 2008
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Metaphysics of Fashion

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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Dress, Dandies, Fashion, &c.

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

Juli 27, 2008
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The Fop

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