West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… in St James's Street, the Strand and Old Bond Street began to offer the best fashions from Paris and to inform women what was in and what was out. The top shops in the Georgian West End became places to be seen in; their products … Street was completed in 1772 to offer concerts, masques, masquerades and balls to those who could afford to pay. Men and women of the elite thus had a variety of locations in which to interact with one another. Male sociability was shaped by …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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