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Dandyish Collection

Background imageDandyish Collection: Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacket

Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacket
Robin Steadman, hair stylist at The House of Leonard in Grosvenor Street, London wearing a tweed jacket that he had made to measure at John Stephen Custom Built Clothes in Carnaby Street

Background imageDandyish Collection: Dress of the Future for Women according to Annie Fish

Dress of the Future for Women according to Annie Fish
Five impressions of fashions of the future for women by the illustrator A. H. Fish notable for their imagined masculinity

Background imageDandyish Collection: The arrival of the nuts at Murrays Club, 1914

The arrival of the nuts at Murrays Club, 1914
Arrival of the nuts at Murrays nightclub in Beak Street, London. Nut, or knut was a commonly used term to describe dandyish gentleman swells. Date: 1914

Background imageDandyish Collection: Silhouette artist about town - Burlington Arcade

Silhouette artist about town - Burlington Arcade
The Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly depicted in silhouette with a number of dandyish young men, popularly known as knuts parading along or pausing to look in the arcades shop windows. Date: 1914

Background imageDandyish Collection: Macaronis 1789

Macaronis 1789
Macaronis from the Mock Duel, 1789. One dandyish young man strikes another. Date: 1789

Background imageDandyish Collection: Mens fashion 1792

Mens fashion 1792
Mens fashion in 1792, a satirical view. Neck or Nothing and a Back View of the Cape showing dandyish men with high cravats and high-collared jackets. Date: 1792

Background imageDandyish Collection: Crops - fashion of c. 1794

Crops - fashion of c. 1794
This satirical print is entitled Crops, perhaps referring to the dandyish gentlemans cropped hair. He also wears a high cravat and short cropped boots to reveal stripey stockings

Background imageDandyish Collection: Fashions of 1773

Fashions of 1773
A satire on dandyish fashions of 1773. A Macaroni gentleman wearing a ridiculously long wig in which the hair is tied in a bundle down his back

Background imageDandyish Collection: A fashionable man in 1790 - a Scaramouch

A fashionable man in 1790 - a Scaramouch
A Scaramouch (or Scaramouche): a fashionable dandyish man wearing short boots with spurs, a jacket cut short in front with multiple lapels, a large hat and carrying a decorative cane

Background imageDandyish Collection: Male caricatures by George Ranstead

Male caricatures by George Ranstead
Two effeminate, aesthetes dressed in rather dandyish clothes, as depicted by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps


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