Dandy Style

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250 Years of British Men's Fashion

Summary

Dandy Style explores 250 years of male self-expression through the lens of the dandy's elegant and bold fashion. Tracing the legacy from Beau Brummell to contemporary urban dandies, it combines fashion, art, and photography to examine themes such as elegance, uniformity, and spectacle. The book features iconic figures like Oscar Wilde and Edward VIII, alongside designs by Vivienne Westwood, Ozwald Boateng, and Alexander McQueen, highlighting the evolution of British male style and identity.
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Ideal for readers passionate about fashion history, masculine identity, and art, this book appeals to those fascinated by British culture and sartorial elegance. It suits fashion students, historians, and anyone eager to understand the evolution of male style through a sophisticated and artistic perspective.

Celebrating 250 years of male self-expression, investigating the portraiture and wardrobe of the fashionable British man

Description

The style of the dandy is elegant but bold—dedicated to the perfection of taste. This meticulously choreographed look has a vibrant history; the legacy of Beau Brummell, the original dandy of Regency England, can be traced in the clothing of urban dandies today.

Dandy Style celebrates 250 years of male self-expression, investigating the portraiture and wardrobe of the fashionable British man. Combining fashion, art, and photography, the historic and the contemporary, the provocative and the respectable, it considers key themes in the development of male style and identity, including elegance, uniformity, and spectacle.

Various types of dandy are represented by iconic figures such as Oscar Wilde, Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, and Gilbert & George. They appear alongside the seminal designs of Vivienne Westwood, Ozwald Boateng, and Alexander McQueen; and portraits by Thomas Gainsborough and David Hockney.

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Praised by the Financial Times for its detailed archive illustrations and hailed as a fantastic celebration of male sartorial creativity by Embroidery Magazine, Dandy Style offers a rich, multi-faceted exploration of menswear. It goes beyond chronology, inviting serious investigation into the cultural and social factors shaping male fashion, and is recommended for anyone interested in elegant and thought-provoking style history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300254136

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 February 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 115 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Shaun Cole
Edited by Miles Lambert

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 168

Collections

Arts & Culture European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Shaun Cole is associate professor in fashion at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Miles Lambert is curator of costume at Manchester Art Gallery.