The Beau monde : fashionable society in Georgian London /
Greig, Hannah,
The Beau monde : fashionable society in Georgian London / Hannah Greig. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : 'The brilliant vortex' -- Leading the fashion : 'A most brilliant shew' -- Life in the town : 'All together and all distinct' -- The court and fashionable display : 'Most tastefully spangled' -- Politics and fashionable life : 'All the chatter chitter I heard' -- Beauties : 'So pow'rful her charms' -- Exile and fraud : a changeable world -- Conclusion : London's little coterie -- Appendix : Uses and meanings of 'beau monde' ; A supplementary essay.
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. The author leads us on a tour of this exciting new world, from court and parliament to London's parks, pleasure grounds, and private homes.--publisher's description.
English.
9780191664007 (electronic bk.) 0191664006 (electronic bk.) 9780199659005 (electronic bk.) 0199659001 (electronic bk.) 1299781667 9781299781665
509417 MIL
GBB358917 bnb
016448309 Uk
1700-1799
Fashion--History--England--London--18th century.
Fame--Social aspects--History--England--London--18th century.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Fame--Social aspects.
Fashion.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
London (England)--Social conditions--18th century.
London (England)--History--18th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre)--Histoire--18e siècle.
England--London.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HC254.5 / .G74 2013eb
942.107
The Beau monde : fashionable society in Georgian London / Hannah Greig. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : 'The brilliant vortex' -- Leading the fashion : 'A most brilliant shew' -- Life in the town : 'All together and all distinct' -- The court and fashionable display : 'Most tastefully spangled' -- Politics and fashionable life : 'All the chatter chitter I heard' -- Beauties : 'So pow'rful her charms' -- Exile and fraud : a changeable world -- Conclusion : London's little coterie -- Appendix : Uses and meanings of 'beau monde' ; A supplementary essay.
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. The author leads us on a tour of this exciting new world, from court and parliament to London's parks, pleasure grounds, and private homes.--publisher's description.
English.
9780191664007 (electronic bk.) 0191664006 (electronic bk.) 9780199659005 (electronic bk.) 0199659001 (electronic bk.) 1299781667 9781299781665
509417 MIL
GBB358917 bnb
016448309 Uk
1700-1799
Fashion--History--England--London--18th century.
Fame--Social aspects--History--England--London--18th century.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Fame--Social aspects.
Fashion.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
London (England)--Social conditions--18th century.
London (England)--History--18th century.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre)--Histoire--18e siècle.
England--London.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HC254.5 / .G74 2013eb
942.107