Beau Brummell: the ultimate man of style

"Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male socialite of his time, the first metrosexual -- 200 years before the word was conceived. His name has become synonymous with wit, profligacy, fine tailoring, and fashion. A style pundit, B...

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1. Verfasser: Kelly, Ian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Free Press 2006
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Zusammenfassung:"Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male socialite of his time, the first metrosexual -- 200 years before the word was conceived. His name has become synonymous with wit, profligacy, fine tailoring, and fashion. A style pundit, Brummell was singly responsible for changing forever the way men dress -- inventing, in effect, the suit. Brummell cut a dramatic swath through British society, from his early years as a favorite of the Prince of Wales and an arbiter of taste in the Age of Elegance, to his precipitous fall into poverty, incarceration, and madness. Brummell created the blueprint for celebrity crash and burn, falling dramatically out of favor and spending his last years in a hellish asylum. For nearly two decades, Brummell ruled over the tastes and pursuits of the well heeled and influential, and for almost as long, lived in penury and exile."--from publisher description.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-362) and index
Beschreibung:XV, 393 S., [16] Bl. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:0743270894
9780743270892

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