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 […]
The Frankendandy
Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Consider dressing up as the Frankendandy. Comprised of signature components of the 21st-century’s leading dandies, Frankendandy is, to borrow a line […]
The Royal We
I most heartily recommend you rush out and purchase Natty Adams and Rose Callahan’s collaboration, “We Are Dandy: The Elegant Gentleman Around the World.” Their […]
Michael Mattis, Dandy Of The Year 2014
This year Dandyism.net bears the sad honor of awarding its first posthumous title of Dandy Of The Year to the late Michael Mattis, who died […]
Bunny Roger
Bunny Roger By Clive Fisher The Independent, 1997 Erstwhile couturier, wit, dandy, landowner, and social ornament, Bunny Roger was what obituary in its obliquer days […]
Sunflower Man
“Chinese art possess no elements of beauty.” Oscar Wilde offered up that curious opinion on a San Francisco-bound ferry boat to a crowd of […]
The Eyes Of John Bull
If John Bull turns to look at you, you might be smoking his pipe tobacco — which, by the way, rather like John Bull himself […]
Dandy Of The Year 2013: Nathaniel Adams
For services rendered to the understanding and misunderstanding of dandyism, as well as perpetually cutting a dashing figure, Dandyism.net is pleased to award Nathaniel Adams […]
Hazlitt’s Dandy School
The Dandy School By William Hazlitt The Examiner, 1827 Vivian Grey is dedicated to the Best and Greatest of men, as if the Illustrious Person […]
Dandy of the Year: Luca Rubinacci
My eyes first fell upon Luca Rubinacci while exploring Scott Schuman’s website The Satorialist. I can still remember being quite impressed by Luca’s use of […]
Last of the Dapper Politicos
If politics make strange bedfellows, the strangest must be the dandy and the politician. Yes, there is a long tradition of political dandyism from Alcibiades […]
Murphy’s Law
“The true dandy was not the most foppishly dressed, the most stylish, the most flash-mannered; he was primarily an artist of talent.” — From […]
Dandy of the Year: Sebastian Horsley
When Oscar Wilde arrived in the United States, he said, “I have nothing to declare but my genius.” When Sebastian Horsley arrived, he said, “I […]
Dandy of the Year: Lapo Elkann
He’s young, good-looking and extremely wealthy. He’s fluent in six languages and the very definition of cosmopolitan, having been born in New York, raised in […]
Lord Flimsy
There is something endearingly dandyish about self-published books. They recall a time when gentlemen-scholar-adventurers braved the noonday sun on the parched Serengeti to collect stamen […]
Elegance In Black
Elegance In Black By Christian Chensvold Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2005 Michael Henry Adams’ epiphany came in the quiet stillness of the Akron Public […]
Grin And Claret
“The smack of Californian earth shall linger upon the palate of your grandson.” The quote comes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s California travelogue The Silverado Squatters, […]
Urbane Stylishness
Philosopher Kuki Shuzo (1888-1941) was the first Japanese scholar to use Western aesthetic theory in the interpretation of his native culture. A colleague of Bergson […]