1808 A Dandy Walking in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, in Jane Austen's years. #Regencyera #Dandy #JaneAusten #art

1808 Walk in the Tuileries Gardens. A dandy of the Year VIII. According to Baudelaire, a dandy was, “no profession other than elegance…no other status but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons….The dandy must aspire to be sublime without interruption; he must live and sleep before a mirror.” Dandies tried to imitate the aristocracy in manner and appearance. This man wears short breeches, usually worn by the aristocracy, that were out of fashion and had been replaced by the ‘more-democratic’ ankle-length pants. His outfit and manners are a throwback to a pre-Revolutionary era. llustrations by François Courboin from Octave Uzanne’s Les Modes de Paris. Fashion in Paris : the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897, William Heinemann, London, 1898. (PD-Art) via Brown University Library.

1808 Walk in the Tuileries Gardens. A dandy of the Year VIII. Wearing short breeches typical of aristocracy that had already gone out of style in favor of 'more-democratic' ankle-length pants. His outfit and manners are a throwback to a pre-Revolutionary era. (PD-Art) Illustrations by François Courboin from Octave Uzanne's Les Modes de Paris. Variations du goût et de l'esthétique de la femme, 1797-1897, L. Henry May, Paris, 1898, or from the English translation of the same work: Fashion in Paris : the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897, William Heinemann, London, 1898. Modes De Paris.

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1808 A Dandy Walking in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, in Jane Austen’s years. #Regencyera #Dandy #JaneAusten #art