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BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSUMER CULTURE (BEAU BRUMMELL)
 

KEY TERMS

sans culottes
neoclassicsm
levee
dandy/dandyism



KEY POINTS FOR DISCUSSION


1. The importance of the aristocracy and the army in the early 19th C as a part of elite society ...

2. The development of men's trousers from the French Revolution ...

3. 
Neoclassicism's display of the body and how this was adopted by Beau Brummell ...

4. Beau Brummell's sense of 'performance' for his audience ... 

5. Contemporary dandyism ...


1. The importance of the aristocracy and the army in the early 19th C as a part of elite society ...


In the army, Brummell not only met the heir to the throne, Prince George, who was in his early thirties, but, as a member of the military, began to circulate within the same aristocratic social circle. The English aristocracy was a tight elite, and their numbers were small, consisting of no more than 1,200 ultrafashionable people, who closely controlled their image and access to their social circle.

Brummell was required to purchase the alarmingly expensive uniform of the 10th Light Dragoons uniform ... This was Brummell's passport to the elite class.
(Craik, 2009, p.93).


Picture
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Bentinck with Officers of the 7th Dragoon Guards (the Princess Royal’s Dragoon Guards) in a Drawing-room interior. 1815-1862. John Ferneley (1815-1862)

http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/lieutenant-colonel-arthur-bentinck-with-officers-of-the-7th-dragoon-guards-the-princess-royalâ%C2%80%C2%99s-dragoon-guards-in-a-drawing-room-interior--by-john-ferneley-jnr/146613


Picture
The Duchess of Cambridge with Prince William in uniform

http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/06/07/style-file---catherine-duchess-of-cambridge



Picture
Prince William and Prince Harry. 2010. Nicky Philips


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241013/Historic-dual-portrait-Prince-William-Prince-Harry-unveiled-National-Portrait-Gallery.html


See video of Nicky Philips


http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/06/prince-william-harry-double-portrait



2. The development of men's trousers from the French Revolution ...

Full-length trousers, or pantaloons, as they were called, had been adopted by the highly fashionable Dragoons. Long pants were a new concept to both the middle and upper classes ... European gentlemen had, prior to the French Revolution, indicated their class by wearing knee-length breeches. The revolution had seen the adoption of the pants of workers, the sans culottes. The full-length trouser was exported back to Britain and absorbed into the military uniform as pantaloons ... (Craik, 2009, p.93).

Picture
Sans-Culotte. Louis-Leopold. (1761-1845)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-culottes


Picture
Louis 1V in culottes (drinking a toast to the sans-culottes)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culottes

Picture
3-piece suit at Lagos fashion week autumn 2012

http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2012/mar/13/africa-arise-fashion-week-pictures?intcmp=239


Picture
GB equestrian kit 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9658888/Zara-Phillips-to-dance-Gangnam-Style.html



3. Neoclassicism's display of the body and how this was adopted by Beau Brummell ...


These close-fit pants also reflected the neoclassical fashions of the day. The white or cream pants showed every fold and bump of the genitals, like the classical white marble statues that were being brought to England from Greece and Italy. The fashion for women at the time was sheer white muslin tunics that revealed the anatomy beneath.

Brummell continued to wear this style of trousers after leaving the 10th Dragoons in 1799.
(Craik, 2009, p.94).


Picture
Portait of Madame Rayone de Verninac, 1799, David

http://www.wikiart.org/en/jacques-louis-david/portrait-of-madame-raymond-de-verninac-1799



Picture
The Bennet daughters in Regency dress, Pride and Prejudice, BBC


http://www.janeausten.co.uk/undress-half-dress-full-dress-making-sense-of-it-all/


See video of BBC's Pride and Prejudice


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasKmDr1yrA


Picture
Rhianna


http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/13/mel-c-rihanna-daughter

4. Beau Brummell's sense of 'performance' for his audience ... 


He used his inheritance to establish a modest London address, from which he sortied out every day into society. He had no occupation. He relied on situations, scenes, and encounters. His daily routine consisted of his famous entrances and exits at exclusive clubs, private balls and entertainments, soirees, fashionable promenades, racetracks, private gambling clubs, and elegant salons ... (Craik, 2009, p.94).

Picture
Statue of Beau Brummell


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell#mediaviewer/File:Beau_Brummell_Statue_Jermyn_Street


Picture
Louis IV levee


http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-kings-levee.html


Picture
Eyebrow threading in public


http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2011/11/court-ruling-finds-eyebrow-threading-not-regulated-by-board-of-cosmetology/


Picture
Celebrity Rhianna 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna#mediaviewer/File:Rihanna_Cologne_2013_03.jpg



See video of fashion journalism - How To Dress


http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/video/2014/oct/08/knee-high-boots-fashion-tips-video


5. Contemporary dandyism ...


he created the concept or cult of the dandy, which continues today. (Craik, 2009, p.95).

Picture
Contemporary dandyism


www.dandyism.net.


REFERENCES

Craik, J. (2009) Fashion - the key concepts. Oxford: Berg.



See also ...
Picture
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/06/feminism-women-army-combat-roles


Picture
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/France/Hamburg/c_SuhrHamburgCavalry.html

Picture
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17457729



Picture
http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/06/07/style-file---catherine-duchess-of-cambridge

Picture
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/shortcuts/2014/may/31/fat-shaming-tennis-players-taylor-townsend

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