L&T Archive 1998-2003

Brummell

Two biographies, both called `Beau Brummell'

-- by Hubert Cole, Granada Publishing 1977

-- by Kathleen Campbell, Hammond, Hammond & Co 1948

DeeMac -- I like the Steward Grainger film too: it took fewer liberties with history than most, and Peter Ustinov made a wonderful Prince Regent

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MT: Beau Brummell and the French Revolution
War?
Beau Brummel - Hollywood style....
Brummell
The Tenth...
Brummell
Brummell - the original
I have always wondered.....
Yes,
More complicated than that...
Not to rain.....
Don't really like Laver all that much... (Fashion history)
French and English fashions
But I don't see the difference
Fashion changes
Grateful.
A plainly-dressed man before the Revolution
Not just clothing
The Romantic Movement and the Industrial Revolution (getting BIG)
Clohthes
Powdering...
Powder: the last straw
Riots of gingerbread! LOL!
Saloon at Stoneleigh
A unicorn! (nfm)
Something along the same lines (Regency vs. before and after)
Another manifestation of the Victorian aesthetic...
Could you tell me more
Oops (Verninac)
Blame it on Victoria!
drab mens clothes