Dandy: Media
sociology and fashion
Images
Early dandy
An 1834 illustration of the dandy Alfred d'Orsay from Fraser's Magazine, published...
From The Maclise Portrait Gallery, digital image courtesy of the Getty Research Institute
Beau Brummell
The original dandy, Brummell is credited with influencing men's fashion in early...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Oscar Wilde, 1882
The Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde, shown here in his trademark style, presented...
Courtesy of the William Andrews Memorial Library of the University of California, Los Angeles
André Leon Talley, 1976
A “dandy among dandies,” American fashion editor André Leon Talley was known for...
© Sal Traina—Penske Media/Getty Images