Sociology

               (Valders 1857 – 1929) American economist who in his famous “Theory of the leisure class” (1899) in his considerations dedicated to fashion and clothing stresses on one side that: “The expenditure for self display is more obviously present and is perhaps more universally practised in the matter of …

               (London 1778-Caen 1840) “ The book of fashion” written from 1821 and partially appeared in 1835, remains practically unknown to the public for over one hundred years. It will be published in 1932 in New York by Eleanor Parker. Insisting on colour harmony and the relation that links fashion …

Dandyism, by questioning the structure on which dressing up was based, is probably the first form of debate around the fashion phenomenon. There are several texts about dandyism: 1835 “Book of Fashion” by George Brummel 1845 “Du Dandisme et de George Brummel” renown essay by Jules Barbay D’Aurevilly. 1848 “The …

D’Aurevilly focuses on Brummel, pointing out that he loved provoking astonishment rather than pleasure and that impertinence must ally itself with grace: Without Impertinance, Grace would resemble a silly blonde. Without Grace, Impertinence would be olive-skinned and too promiscuous.