A dandy (also known as a beau or gallant is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self.
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Benedict Cumberbatch, People Magazine
Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle despite coming from a middle-class background.
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An exhibition about dandies at Nordiska Muséet in Stockholm

“Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow.”
― Sebastian Horsley
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"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld
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"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld

"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld
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"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld
“A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes.”
― Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus
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Edward Hopper (1882–1967),
Self-Portrait and Hand Studies, c. 1900. Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper

"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld
“My darling love, I think you have a fundamental misconception about what it means to be a great dandy. I have better taste than anyone else so I don't care what anyone else thinks about anything. I am right and they are wrong.”
― Miranda Neville, The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton
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"The Ultimate Dandies"
Magazine: Numero Homme
Shot by: Karl Lagerfeld




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