Ebook {Epub PDF} Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style by Ian Kelly

A style pundit, Brummell was singly responsible for changing forever the way men dress -- inventing, in effect, the suit. Brummell cut a dramatic swath through British society, from his early years as a favorite of the Prince of Wales and an arbiter of taste in the Age of Elegance, to his precipitous fall into poverty, incarceration, and madness/5(32). Beau Brummell's life is a riveting story of unparalleled fame, fashion and admiration followed by a descent into poverty and madness. The man who put Saville Row on the map, who could win friends, political arguments or the favours of women with apparent effortlessness, and who was responsible for some of the wittiest put-downs in history, Brummell created the myth of the British gent typified Reviews: Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style [Kelly, Ian] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of StyleReviews:

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