Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)
“Dandies and Dandies” in Vanity: A Weekly Record
New York: Vanity Publishing Co., February 7–28, 1895
Item 13: "Dandies and Dandies" in Vanity (1895)
Already a notorious transatlantic celebrity because of his contributions to The Yellow Book, Beerbohm added to his American fame while staying in New York in 1895. For Vanity, an aptly named (and shortlived) new weekly, he wrote a multipart essay about dandyism that contained personal reflections on fashionable men such as Beau Nash and Beau Brummell. He defined dandyism as a fine art (“the perfect flower of outward elegance”) and dubbed Brummell a “single-minded” artist and “genius.” The following year, Beerbohm reused sections of this publication for a more focused essay, also called “Dandies and Dandies,” in the cheekily titled The Works of Max Beerbohm, his first book.
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