Beau Brummell

George Bryan Brummell (June 7,1778 – March 30,1840), better known as Beau Brummell, was an arbiter of fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent. He led the trend for men to wear understated but beautifully cut clothes, adorned with elaborately tied neckwear. He claimed to take five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne. His style of dress came to be known as dandyism.

Further reading

• Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules. Of Dandyism and of George Brummell. Translated by Douglas Ainslie. New York: PAJ Publications, 1988.
• Campbell, Kathleen. Beau Brummell. London: Hammond, 1948
• Heyer, Georgette. Regency Buck (novel)
• Jesse, Captain William. The Life of Beau Brummell. London: The Navarre Society Limited, 1927.
• Lewis, Melville. Beau Brummell: His Life and Letters. New York: Doran, 1925
• Moers, Ellen. The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm. London: Secker and Warburg, 1960.
• Nicolay, Claire. Origins and Reception of Regency Dandyism: Brummell to Baudelaire. Ph.D. diss., Loyola U of Chicago, 1998.
• Wharton, Grace and Philip. Wits and Beaux of Society. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1861.