Yes Sir, That’s Our Beebe
When Dandyism.net launched four years ago, we stated as our mission the desire to rescue the dandy from the slag heap of history through rigorous scholarship and unflinching self-righteousness. Now it...
View ArticleSteppin’ Out With My Beebe: Luscious Lucius Part Two
Here follows part two of Robert Sacheli’s resuscitation of the forgotten American dandy Lucius Beebe, in which the author pays particular attention to Beebe’s sartorial splendor and his place as the...
View ArticleGhost Writer: Lucius Beebe 3/3
Herein follows the final chapter of Robert Sacheli’s biography of Lucius Beebe, which depicts the subject in his final years haunting the modern world like an elegant phantasm. Sunset in San Francisco...
View ArticleBrideshead Relinquished
The big-screen adaptation of “Brideshead Revisited” opens July 25 in the US. “The Passionate Spectator” columnist Robert Sacheli recently attended a press screening. The following are his thoughts on...
View ArticleCoffee Time
On September 17 I had the pleasure of speaking on Lucius Beebe at the Coffee House, one of Beebe’s own clubs. It’s a bastion of a vanished Manhattan, an outpost of the bohemian artists-and-writers...
View ArticleMurphy’s Law
After a long interruption, Dandyism.net presents the final installment of Robert Sacheli’s article on Gerald Murphy. For convenience’s sake (and to refresh your memory), we have combined all three...
View ArticleElegance Made Casual: The Enduring Style of Fred Astaire
“The Passionate Spectator” columnist Robert Sacheli previously delivered a lengthy appreciation on Fred Astaire. Here, inspired by a new biography on the style icon, he takes a curtain call. Despite...
View ArticleLibérte, Egalité, Elégance: The Politics of Style
An enameled American flag pin mounted on the notched lapel of an inoffensively bland dark-blue suit. That’s the sad snapshot of fashion’s influence in American politics today. D.net’s house style...
View ArticleSilently Stylish
We don’t care if Brad is in Black Label, Clooney is clad in Valentino or if Woody shuffles down the red carpet in Reeboks. The actor we’ll be watching most closely at Sunday’s Oscarfest is a fictional...
View ArticlePatterns of History
Regalia, acetate collage on inkjet print, 27.5 x 27.5 in., 2010 On Savile Row, the pattern cutter’s art has always been an invisible one. Essential but undazzling, it produces the humble brown-paper...
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