Dandy man

The Dandy man subculture movement emerged in London in the early nineteenth century (Peyro.2019: para. 1 line 1). The above visual example shows three men dressed in an appropriate decent Dandyism fashion which included tall hats, tailed coats, long trousers, shirt ties and boots.

Before the Dandy man subculture was adopted men used clothes to tease, gain fames, show wealth and displaying femininity. According to Craik the face of fashion (1994: 182) the previous style was named Macaroni, named after the Italian food by mean of starting an argument. The change into a new movement was brought by the change into men’s perspective, men were no longer wanting to look ‘extravagance, and excessive grooming’ but they wanted to represent themselves as the responsible citizenships of the community (Peyro.2019: para. 4 line 5). The Dandy man clothing visually showed the qualities of a masculinity which made men’s to be seen as having more power over women thus redefining gender through fashion. They dress with the aim of claiming social trust, showing power. This style of dressing was seen as effortless, but it was very expensive to obtain, people who maintained it were seen as financial stable. Between the two subcultures they were no similarities, the dandy was a complete opposite to the macaroni’s.

Men involved in the Dandy dress movement typically wore plainer, quality, and sober color fabric. They wore top hats, well-tailored coat with a tight waist and knee-length skirt, over waistcoat, shirt and cravat, and pantaloons and dark boots (Craik the face of fashion. 1994: 184). (as seen in the visual example).

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