An erudite look at the elusive qualities that have made the Dandy so remarkable. Perhaps the best-known is Beau Brummell, acknowledged as the very first Dandy. However, there are many other Dandies from around the world. And the Dandy has not died out, for there are Dandies thriving today.
A look at the phenomenon of the dandy from Regency England to the contemporary Congolese Sapeurs, with stops at Wodehouse, Wilde, Grant, and more. The dandy is not just an elaborately or even well-dressed man, nor is he an exclusively English phenomenon. He is something far more universal and intriguing, and this study explores his cultural significance. It starts with Beau Brummell, acknowledged as the very first dandy, a man whose ancestors had been servants, yet who invented a new paradigm of courtesy, wit, independence, and elegance to lord over.
- ISBN10 190307147X
- ISBN13 9781903071472
- Publish Date 25 February 2013 (first published 30 December 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bene Factum Publishing Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 256
- Language English