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Brummell

George Bryan, called Beau Brummell. 1778--1840, English dandy: leader of fashion in the Regency period
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I skipped going to Royal Ascot this dandy Brummell year and watched it on TV before taking Wednesday out to go to Uttoxeter instead.
I hope desperate Dan can be given a second chance
For anyone interested in Dandyism, however, Ellen Moers's The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm [1960] remains unsurpassed, being both scholarly and as witty and elegant as the subject itself.
Dandyism in the Age of Revolution: The Art of the Cut
Em 1845, Barbey D'Aurevilly escreve Do dandismo e de George Brummell, texto que homenageia a personagem inglesa como exemplo estetico e cultural.
Aestheticism and decadentism in Wilde and Huysmans' dandies: portraits of Dorian Gray and Des Esseintes/Esteticismo e decadentismo nos dandis de Wilde e Huysmans: retratos de Des Esseintes e Dorian Gray
El dandi Brummell no puede soportar que alguien, en vez de mirarle a el, se fije en su chaqueta o en su vestido, no acepta que prevalezca la apariencia; es mas, quiere que la apariencia y el ser se confundan y se identifiquen.
Marquesa Casati, un caso de idolatria
A segunda secao do artigo descreve a emergencia das formas modernas de exibicao de si mesmo, recorrendo ao exemplo paradigmatico da figura do dandi "Beau" Brummell.
Trajetorias historicas da moda: do luxo antigo a democratizacao do luxo
London, October 16 ( ANI ): David Bowie has been named the best dressed Brit of all time by the BBC History Magazine, beating Elizabeth 1 and Beau Brummell.
David Bowie named best-dressed Brit of all time
The Shikar Club is not the only exclusive society for adventurers, but as Eloise Napier wrote recently in Brummell magazine "These are societies founded on bravery, endurance, imagination and a touch of madness.
The Shikar Club
Barny Brummell, Business Development Manager at Hitec comments: “Increasing demands of statutory and regulatory legislation are proving a real challenge for the Insurance community.
Hitec Presents to the International Underwriting Association's Compliance Committee Highlighting the Need for Policy & Procedure Management in a Regulated Environment
Para confirmar la expresion especifica de las expansinas en la maduracion de frutos, Brummell et al.
Expresion de una [alfa]-expansina implicada en la maduracion del fruto de guayaba (Psidium guajava L.)
Le dandysme et Marcel Proust, de Brummell au Baron de Charlus.
Being dandy: a sort of manifesto
She did not have to enter into the consciousness of Beau Brummell, for instance, in order to capture the appeal and pathos of this improbable historical character.
The Essays of Virginia Woolf
Each attracted a certain type of clientele based on occupation or attitude, for example, Tories and Whigs, merchants and lawyers, booksellers and authors, or men of fashion like the well-known Dandy Beau Brummell.
The evolution of the Gentlemen's Club

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