Beau Brummell
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George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an English socialite who influenced British men's fashion during the Regency era. He was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the
Brummell, engraved from a miniature portrait
Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Brummel Children, 1780s. George is the younger.
1793 painting of the 10th Light Dragoons, the regiment Brummell served in
1805 caricature of Brummell by Robert Dighton
Great Male Renunciation
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The Great Male Renunciation is the historical phenomenon at the end of the 18th century in which wealthy men of the Western world ceased from using bright colours, elaborate shapes and variety in thei
Beau Brummell
…that rejected overly ornate clothes in favour of understated but perfectly fitted and tailored bespoke garments; this was the moment of the so-called Great Male Renunciation seen across Europe. His daily dress was similar to that of other gentlemen in his time, based upon dark coats and full-length trousers (rather than…
Luis Francisco de la Cerda a Spanish nobleman in a lavish red justacorps, c. 1684. Painted by Jacob Ferdinand Voet.