Beau Monde Greig Hannah Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century British History University of York
Beau Monde Greig Hannah Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century British History University of York Caricatured for extravagance, vanity, glamorous celebrity and, all too often, embroiled in scandal and…
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Beau Monde Greig Hannah Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century British History University of York
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. 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'. But to be fashionable in 1700s London meant more than simply being well dressed.
From brash displays of diamond jewelry to the subtle complexities of 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 Beau Monde leads us on a tour of this exciting new world, from court and parliament to London's parks, pleasure grounds, and private homes.