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Beau Brummell (George Bryan) [ Fashion ]
… facilitated Brummell’s ascent. Among his arenas of sociable interaction were clubs, balls, parks, theatres, and the streets of Mayfair. Brummell was a member of White’s and Brook’s, old and exclusive London clubs, and a founding member …
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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… Pump Room, the King’s Bath, The North and South Parades, Orange Grove, new pleasure gardens, the Spring Gardens, airy streets conducive to social encounters and shopping, such as Milsom Street (one can think of its influence on the plots …
Codes | Fashion | Health | Leisure | Politeness | Ritual | Spa
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Dress [ Clothing & Fashion / Taste & Manners ]
… (1826-1831) , trans. Daniel L. Newman (London: Saqi Books, 2011), p. 222-223 . In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Walking the Streets of London (1716) Les caprices de la mode (1721) Gentleman's Magazine on Dress (1731) Gentleman's Magazine …
Clothes | Consumption | Dress | Fashion | Rank | Women
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