{"product_id":"pretty-gentlemen-9780300217469","title":"Pretty Gentlemen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of British male fashion of the late eighteenth century A brilliant account of a controversial moment in men's self-fashioning.Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology  The term macaroni was once as familiar a label as punk or hipster is today. In this handsomelyillustrated book devoted to notable eighteenth-century British male fashion, award-winning author and fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together dress, biography, and historical events with the broader visual and material culture of the late eighteenth century.     For thirty years, macaroni was a highly topical word, yielding a complex set of social, sexual, and cultural associations. Pretty Gentlemen is grounded in surviving dress, archival documents, and art spanning hierarchies and genres, from scurrilous caricature to respectful portrait painting. Celebrities hailed and mocked as macaroni include politician Charles James Fox, painter Richard Cosway, freed slave Julius Soubise, and criminal parson Reverend Dodd. The style also rapidly spread to neighboring countries in cross-cultural exchange, while Horace Walpole, George III, and Queen Charlotte were active critics and observers of these foppish men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Entertaining and illuminating.”—Marina Warner, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, “Books of the Year 2018”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[McNeil] creates an in-depth understanding of the macaroni world. . . . Both interesting and enjoyable for an insight into aspects of late eighteenth century society.”—Alison Fairhurst, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Dress History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] beautifully illustrated and richly informative book.”—Norma Clark, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] work of real academic merit.”—Gareth Wyn Davies, \u003ci\u003eWorld of Interiors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong listed for the Historians of British Art Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401535660375,"sku":"9780300217469","price":35.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300217469.jpg?v=1730477731","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pretty-gentlemen-9780300217469","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}