Dandies
ÒHe was really beautifully turned out. He wore immaculate
butter-coloured gloves, a magnificent blue silk waistcoat upon which fell the
ends of a fawn-coloured cravat with large orange spots, and he was freshly
shaved.Ó[1]
Brummel Ð infamous dandy
ÒWhether these men are
nicknamed exquisites, incroyables, lions or dandies, they all spring from the
same wombÉthey are all representatives of what is finest in human pride, of
that compelling
need, alas only too rare today, of combating and destroying trivialityÉhaughty exclusivenessÉÓ[2]