Beau Brummell (George Bryan) [ Fashion ]
… H. Churchyard. Abstract 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 … Wit Until today, George Bryan ‘Beau’ Brummell (1778-1840) is credited with being the first, the ‘Ur’-dandy. Moving in London’s top aristocratic circles and clubs, being at the very centre of Regency society, the dandy-socialite was … already at a time when he was still acting as the acknowledged arbiter of taste. Brummell rose to prominence among London’s social elite very quickly. Although not born into one of the great aristocratic families, he came from a …
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