The dressing gown was the perfect camouflage. Luxurious, sensual, and slightly louche, it’s a garment made for activities no more strenuous than arching an eyebrow, […]
Month: January 2023
Jim Dandy
The members of the opening-night audience for “Manhattan Mary,” Broadway’s most anticipated musical of 1927, was startled at the end of the second act when […]
Astaire Master
The dandy reveals himself by what he wears. His essence is external display. Photographs, therefore, inherently constitute a better medium to communicate the significance of […]
Interminable Ennui
What Never Dies By Barbey D’Aurevilly, translated by Oscar Wilde (as Sebastian Melmoth) In addition to penning the breviary of dandyism, Barbey D’Aurevilly wrote volumes […]