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#1 2006-06-17 09:35:16

Miles Away
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"A Dandyism of all the senses"...

The title is from Stephen Calloway's essay in the catalogue to the Victoria & Albert Museum's 'The Studio' exhibition of... when?... late 90's? I could check - In fact I really should - While I'm at it I'll check the quote Calloway used for the title of his essay.
Anyway, the idea is that Dandyism is... EVERYTHING. Not just clothes but... a design for living. Everything can be a Dandy choice - food, wine, curtains, the lot.
Kick the idea around if you like.
Not a Dandy myself, but the idea of aesthetic choice as a way to live strikes a definately resonate chord with me.
(I wonder how many words I have misspelt in the above... How will I ever know?)
So (Maybe) this thread is - How Dandy a Dandy are you? Is it in your wardrobe or in your soul?

Miles


" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.

 

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