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#1 2009-04-13 12:17:05

formby
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From: Wiseacre
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21st Century Dandy...

Mildly interesting article from a few years ago. Some may have read it before...

http://www.britishcouncil.org/croatia-arts-events-dandy.htm


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

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#2 2009-04-13 13:25:06

Chris Kavanaugh
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From: Westlake Village California
Posts: 271

Re: 21st Century Dandy...

New for me- thankyou


" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "

G.K. Chesterton

 

#3 2009-04-13 15:06:53

Film Noir Buff
Dandy Nightmare
From: Devil's Island
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Re: 21st Century Dandy...

It started out promising but I got lost somewhere.

 

#4 2009-04-13 15:29:18

formby
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From: Wiseacre
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Re: 21st Century Dandy...


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

Souvent me Souvient

 

#5 2009-04-13 16:29:52

Chris Kavanaugh
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From: Westlake Village California
Posts: 271

Re: 21st Century Dandy...

I managed to pick up on those points too.
The only problem is that fewer and fewer people can read these subtle indicators of power or class.


" Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashion. "

G.K. Chesterton

 

#6 2009-04-13 17:06:04

Tony Ventresca
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Re: 21st Century Dandy...

I do not accept the existence of "subtle" indicators of class and power. I am willing to accept that such things existed in the past, under socially rigid societies, but not today. It's one of those intellectual mistakes that the iGents fall for every time.

 

#7 2009-04-14 08:27:01

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Dandy Nightmare
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Re: 21st Century Dandy...

 

#8 2009-04-14 10:59:05

eg
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From: Burlington, ON
Posts: 1499

Re: 21st Century Dandy...

Good stuff.

I tend to dress plainly for work, but then I like to think that has its own purpose -- a subtle form of manipulation, perhaps. For social stuff I am getting more comfortable with a less plain approach, but it's incremental and I definitely want to avoid the "look at me" piling-on of notable pieces. It's an evolution of sorts, and a slow one, but I think somehow age seems to forgive more eccentricities.

 

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