Archetypes earn their recognition.
The redneck, beatnik, businessman, starving artist and jock all claimed their territory in the lexicon of cultural literacy, permanently branding their silhouettes onto the American psyche. In this darkness of ignorance the dandy smirks, for he cherishes his obscurity. Were his secret to get out, aspiring dandies might start sprouting up like weeds. A sort of rebellious chameleon, the dandy at once defined his era and defied it, exemplifying his cultural millieu while at the same time, subverting it. Though dandies have always been and always will be, like comets, their appearance is rare but inevitable.