Pretty Gentlemen
Macaroni Men and the Eighteenth-Century Fashion World
Peter McNeil
The term “macaroni” was once as familiar a label as “punk” or
“hipster” is today. In this handsomely illustrated book devoted to
notable 18th-century British male fashion, award-winning author and
fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together dress, biography,
and historical events with the broader visual and material culture
of the late 18th century. For thirty years, macaroni was a highly
topical word, yielding a complex set of social, sexual, and
cultural associations. Pretty Gentlemen is grounded in surviving
dress, archival documents, and art spanning hierarchies and genres,
from scurrilous caricature to respectful portrait painting.
Celebrities hailed and mocked as macaroni include politician
Charles James Fox, painter Richard Cosway, freed slave Julius
"Soubise," and criminal parson Reverend Dodd. The style also
rapidly spread to neighboring countries in cross-cultural exchange,
while Horace Walpole, George III, and Queen Charlotte were active
critics and observers of these foppish men.
gebundenes Buch, 256 Seiten, Format 19,7 x 3,2 x 26 cm, 150 farbige
+ s/w Abbildungen
Best.-Nr. YAL004