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The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London
Hannah Greig
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Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted membership of a new type of society - the beau monde, a world where status was no longer determined by coronets and countryseats alone but by the more nebulous qualification of metropolitan 'fashion'. Conspicuous consumption and display were crucial; the right address, the right dinner guests, the right possessions, the right jewels, the right seat at the opera. ... Read more
Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and gossip, 18th-century London's fashionable society had a well-deserved reputation for frivolity. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed. Fashion denoted membership of a new type of society - the beau monde, a world where status was no longer determined by coronets and countryseats alone but by the more nebulous qualification of metropolitan 'fashion'. Conspicuous consumption and display were crucial; the right address, the right dinner guests, the right possessions, the right jewels, the right seat at the opera. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
773g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199659005
SKU
V9780199659005
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About Hannah Greig
Dr Greig is a historian of eighteenth-century Britain, with a particular interest in gender, material culture and the cultural histories of politics and state craft. Greig is also a highly experienced and established consultant to film, theatre and television. With over a decade of experience of working with creative partners she is internationally recognised for her expertise in this field. ... Read more
Reviews for The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London
Through the variety of case studies, wide range of complementary topics, and extensive bibliography, this text offers itself as a stepping stone for further academic study, while also giving the more casual reader an entertaining and comprehensive book.
Hannah Carr, The Journal of Dress History
Ms. Greig's work is an absorbing cultural and political history of aristocratic Georgian ... Read more
Hannah Carr, The Journal of Dress History
Ms. Greig's work is an absorbing cultural and political history of aristocratic Georgian ... Read more