Product: Beau Brummell - This Charming Man (2006)
Rating: 1.0
Sadly disappointed
I wanted to know more about how Beau Brummell influenced fashion and hygiene. The movie hardly covered these important aspects. It focused more on Brummell's debts and gambling. I wanted to know how people reacted when he walked into a ballroom or drawing room when he did not wear high heels, a powdered face, or wig. I wanted to know how people reacted to his darker colors and simpler masculine, less-effeminate style. How long did it take to change men's fashion? Brummell made a courageous statement in fashion, and yet there was no grandiose cinematic show of it. There was one scene where gentlemen came to watch him dress, but there was little explanation as to why they would waste their time. Wigs and perfume were all used to mask the lack of bathing, and yet there was no significant statement of the change Brummell enacted. How did he convince men to bathe more often and how did he influence the importance of personal hygiene for both men and women? There was more to be told of the story and the movie failed.