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| Keywords: Walk in the Tuileries Gardens. A dandy of the Year VIII.jpg Artwork According to Baudelaire a dandy was no profession other than elegance no other status but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons The dandy must aspire to be sublime without interruption; he must live and sleep before a mirror Dandies tried to imitate the aristocracy in manner and appearance The man depicted in this plate is wearing the short breeches typical of the aristocracy that had already gone out of style in favor of the 'more-democratic' ankle-length pants His outfit and manners are a throwback to a pre-Revolutionary era 1898 colored plate 10 x 15 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Octave Uzanne Fashion in Paris the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 London William Heinemann 1898 accession number 1145807964922432 PD-old Les modes de Paris 015 Fashion plates depicting men Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1799 in Paris 18th-century people of Paris Fashion in 1799 Historical images of Jardin des Tuileries Dandies Historical images of the Pavillon de Flore Directoire style | ||||
