Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

The Stuart Kings - The Crisis in Fashion

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages. Men's clothing at the court of Charles I, sumptuously portrayed in the paintings of van Dyck, radiated confidence. Yet also written in the clothes were all the tensions of the age. A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.

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First Broadcast7 Apr 2009
Latest Broadcast7 Apr 2009
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art (visual)Beauty & Stylecharles i, king of englanddandyismfashionHistoryllewelyn-bowen, laurence (media personality)monarchypaintings (e.g mona lisa)peacockery