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Parisian costumes: The dandies of Paris in 1831. A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies.
Dandyism has been with us forever, originated in the 18th Century then evolving decade by decade with the same ideology, an imitation of religion. A dandy is a styloholic that has a philosophy of dressing fine and looking debonair.
After a survey of general studies of the dandy, this entry is organized around three historical sections, which mark distinct phases in the development of dandyism. The first runs from 1800 to 1840, the second from roughly 1840 to 1870, and the third from roughly 1870 through the end of the Victorian age.
The meaning of DANDYISM is the style or conduct of a dandy.
Dandyism was a potent cocktail that swiftly endeared itself to England's European neighbor, France (and much later to Russia), privileging a love of beauty in material goods while appearing to nod to the revolutionary sentiment of the times.
In the late 1820s, the literary canon of dandyism began to form with the fashionable novels published by Henry Colburn. The silver fork novels, in which the main heroes were often dandies, came to be seen as textbooks in good manners and social etiquette.
The dandy and dandyism form a distinctive feature of nineteenth century urban life in London and Paris especially, but throughout Europe generally including St. Petersburg.