Dandy
A dandy (also known as a beau or gallant) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self. Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle despite coming from a middle-class background.
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“The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“Dandyism does not even consist, as many thoughtless persons appear to believe, in an immoderate taste for the toilet and material elegance. These things are for the perfect dandy only symbols of the aristocratic superiority of his mind.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)