The Beau monde :: fashionable society in Georgian London /

Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted...

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1. Verfasser: Greig, Hannah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted membership of a new type of society - the beau monde, a world where status was no longer determined by coronets and countryseats alone but by the more nebulous qualification of metropolitan 'fashion'. Conspicuous consumption and display were crucial; the right address, the right dinner guests, the right possessions, the right jewels, the right seat at the opera. The author leads us on a tour of this exciting new world, from court and parliament to London's parks, pleasure grounds, and private homes.--publisher's description.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191664007
0191664006
9780199659005
0199659001
1299781667
9781299781665

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