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The perfect gentleman : the pursuit of timeless elegance and style in London
- Title
- The perfect gentleman : the pursuit of timeless elegance and style in London / James Sherwood ; [foreword by Terence Stamp] ; principal photography by Andy Barnham and Guy Hills.
- Author
- Sherwood, James.
- Publication
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 36 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Pursuit of timeles elegance and style in London
- Subject
- Note
- "The pursuit of elegance in men's attire inevitable leads a gentleman to London's historic West End. Since 1666 the quarters of Mayfair, Piccadilly and St. James's have been colonized by hatters, shoemakers, jewelers, shirtmakers, perfumers and hosiers. Today this exclusive enclave of excellence has the highest concentration of firms trading in luxury goods fo rthe well-appointed male, and the modern genlteman who values quality, refinement and craftsmanship can still walk in the footsteps of such sartorial greats as Beau Brummell, Edward VII, Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Prince Charles and, latterly, the dashing Prince William and Prince Harry"--Dust jacket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
- Contents
- Monarchy, gallantry & debauchery : Restoration London (1666-1789) -- Fashion, revolution & aspiration : Regency London (1789-1837) -- Empire, affluence & ingenuity : Victorian London (1837-1880) -- Pleasure, excess & ostentation : Edwardian London (1880-1914) -- Modernism, frivolity & chic : London between two wars (1914-1940) -- Austerity, optimism & energy : London's new Elizabethan Age (1940-present) -- Epilogue -- The perfect gentleman's London landscape.
- Call Number
- JFG 13-24
- ISBN
- 9780500516317 (hc.)
- 0500516316 (hc.)
- LCCN
- 2012932517
- OCLC
- 783161367
- Author
- Sherwood, James.
- Title
- The perfect gentleman : the pursuit of timeless elegance and style in London / James Sherwood ; [foreword by Terence Stamp] ; principal photography by Andy Barnham and Guy Hills.
- Imprint
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219) and index.
- Added Author
- Stamp, Terence.Barnham, Andy.Hills, Guy.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 13-24