How to Be a Complete Dandy: A Little Guide for Rakes, Bucks, Swells, Cads and Wits
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A natty little compendium of dandies through the ages, with meditations on dandyism’s key tenets, related arts, and unique outlook on all aspects of life, dress, deportment, style, drinking, gambling, ennui, idleness, extravagance, wit, hedonism, and oh so much more.
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It’s not just about dressing up. It’s an entire way of life. From Beau Brummel to Andy Warhol, the dandy is someone who has made a religion of himself and turned his life into a work of art. Rebellious style, razor–sharp wit, and outrageous antics have always been the dandy’s colorful calling cards. They are the eccentric outsiders who live fast, die young (usually), and make life more interesting for the rest of us. This compendium of quotes and commentaries surveys the complete history of the dandy and his excesses: Restoration Fops (Sir Fopling Flutter), Regency Bucks (Poodle Byng and Romeo Coates), 19th–Century Bohemians and Decadents (lobster–walking poets and absinthe–addled artists), the Edwardians, the Bright Young Things of the 20s and 30s, and the dandy’s recent role as the godfather of pop style and attitude.
How to Be a Complete Dandy: A Little Guide for Rakes, Bucks, Swells, Cads and Wits,Stephen Robins,Prion,1853754528,Form - Parodies,General,Humor
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