Comments on: What is a dandy?

By: maire

maire — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:41:32 +0000

i see dandy as a lot more than just a fashionable man. oscar wilde was a dandy, following the footsteps of ‘beau’ brummel who’s been credited as ‘the first dandy’.

in short; i don’t consider dandy being just obsessed with fashion, it’s more of a lifestyle in which fashion (or creating a flawless style) played/plays a big role.

By: Sillstaw

Sillstaw — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:34:44 +0000

“If” mental_floss had a Eustace Tilly? What about Einstein?

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:38:55 +0000

Yeah, I used to use ask.com just because they had Jeeves as their “mascot”. Now I use Google. :(

I agree that Bertie is more of a twit than a dandy. He can’t seem to pick out fashionable attire for himself without Jeeves’ assistance.

By: imnotlistening

imnotlistening — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:59:28 +0000

The Scarlet Pimpernel was a screaming dandy

By: WizardBoy

WizardBoy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:06:58 +0000

Read Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and one will encounter dandy and dandy and dandy. Gray would be the dandiest dandy. But his friends qualify also — although they are not quite as dandy. (Sometimes they brought him candy when they were randy.)

okay, sorry. Dorian Gray has some vivid descriptions.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:42:07 +0000

I’m still peeved that Ask Jeeves got rid of Jeeves. The noive! He was a working dandy.

By: Cory Countryman

Cory Countryman — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:25:42 +0000

Oscar Wilde was indeed a dandy! Good point. Cory Countryman

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:52:05 +0000

A dandy (also known as a fop) is a man excessively concerned with fashion. They can also play with their image, making themselves more feminine or masculine at will.

A side note to illustrate the point: the reference in Sweeney Todd:

“It’s fop, finest in the shop”.

By: Moon

Moon — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:28:30 +0000

What ho, Wooster fans!

I would Bertie was more of a twit than a Dandy.

Oscar Wilde was a Dandy.

By: singlegrrl

singlegrrl — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:55:34 +0000

I’ve met a real modern-day one, in New Orleans! Google Aidan Gill for Men, and you can check him out…