Fashion

Richard Dighton, ‘Beau Brummell’, Wikimedia Commons, Watercolour, 1805, scanned from Priestley’s The Prince of Pleasure by H. Churchyard.

Beau Brummell (George Bryan)

SCHMID Susanne
For two decades, George Bryan Brummell, the archetypal dandy, exercised his power, frequenting London’s elite clubs, balls, and dinners. Not only did he introduce a new clothing style for men, based on clear lines, a sparing use of colours other than black and white, and little ornament, but he also created eagerly absorbed rules about comportment in society. 
Beau Nash

Beau Nash

ASKE Katherine
COSSIC Annick
Richard Nash, known as Beau Nash by his contemporaries, played a decisive part in the transformation of Bath, Britain’s ancient watering-place, into a fashionable resort.
Georgiana Cavendish

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

WETHERALL DICKSON Leigh
Georgiana Cavendish, fifth Duchess of Devonshire captivated late eighteenth-century society with her youth, charm and high rank. Her epistolary novel The Sylph explores the relationship between high society, sociability and suicide.