num_pages: 208
description: A wide-ranging exploration of the dandy and mens fashion over the past two centuries from Beau Brummell to hip-hopArtist/Rebel/Dandy celebrates the pleasures of the sharp-dressed man from the discreet sophistication of the consummately elegant George Bryan Beau Brummell in the early 19th century to the diverse highly personal flair of the tastemakers who color the landscape of menswear today. Since the word dandy came into vogue in London in 1813 it has at times been used to describe someone superficial flamboyant and self-indulgent. Instead the dandy is here shown to employ profound thought and imagination in his self-presentation fashioning an image that often challenges the status quo and transcends the ordinary.A series of fascinating essays traces the often contradictory definitions and images of the dandy the history of young men and their clothes in the long 19th century the exquisite fabrics and tailoring that play an important role in dandy style and the relationship of black dandyism and hip-hop. In addition this book features fifteen musings on notable dandies written by individuals who share a kinship with their subject including Patti Smith considering Charles Baudelaire; a reflection on Oscar Wilde by his grandson Merlin Holland; Daniela Morera formerly part of Andy Warhols Factory crowd reminiscing about the artists image; and writer Philip Hoare describing the thrift-shop dandyism of director John Waters.
language: English
title: Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion
publisher: Yale University Press