Dandy
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A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. A dandy could be a self-made man both in person and persona, w
Parisian costumes: The dandies of Paris in 1831.
The British Dandy: Beau Brummell in a double-breasted sportscoat and odd trousers, in 1805. (Richard Dighton).
In The Dandies' Holy of Holies: a man scans an over-sized edition of the novel Pelham: Or, The Adventures of a Gentleman (1828), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The illustration, by E. J. Sullivan, is from an 1898 edition of the novel Sartor Resartus (1831), by Thomas Carlyle.
The French Dandy: The symbolist poet Robert de Montesquiou (Giovanni Boldini).
Teddy Boys
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The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture originating in the early 1950s to mid-1960s and then revived in the 1970s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clot
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…Swenkas Teddy Boys - a British subculture in the 1950s-70s, partly inspired by dandies Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules. Of Dandyism and of George Brummell. Translated by Douglas…
Teddy Boys playing music at the Queens Hotel, 1977
Teddy Boys walking on a busy street, 1977
Typical black suede creepers fashionable during the 1950s
Bolo tie featuring Native American design