Talk: Fabulous Fops and Dazzling Dandies - and Did I Mention Macaronis

A talk by Anthea of Museum of Fashion Malvern on late 18th-century male fashionistas, fops, dandies and macaronis, with her own humorous artwork on view.

Anthea of Museum of Fashion Malvern introduces late 18th-century male fashionistas and style influencers, explaining the differences between fops, dandies and macaronis and their influences, styles and aesthetics. The talk covers how these styles were represented in art and satire by Hogarth and Gillray, the Great Masculine Renunciation, and their subsequent influence on fashion, ending with a look at present-day fops and dandies. Attendees can also view Anthea's own humorous artwork of fops and dandies. The event lasts 90 minutes.