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George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an iconic figure in Regency England, the arbiter of men's fashion, and a friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV. He established the mode of dress for men that rejected overly ornate fashions for one of understated, but perfectly fitted and tailored bespoke garments. This look was based on dark coats, full-length trousers rather than knee breeches and stockings, and above all immaculate shirt linen and an elaborately knotted cravat.
Beau Brummell is credited with introducing, and establishing as fashion, the modern men's suit, worn with a necktie. He claimed he took five hours a day to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne. The style of dress was referred to as dandyism.
Beau Brummell (1954) is a historical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play Beau Brummell by Clyde Fitch. The play was previously adapted as a silent film made in 1924 and starring John Barrymore as Beau Brummell, Mary Astor, and Willard Louis as the Prince of Wales.
The music score was by Richard Addinsell with Miklós Rózsa. The film stars Stewart Granger as Beau Brummell, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter Ustinov as the Prince of Wales.
Beau Brummell (1778-1840) was an arbiter of fashion in Regency England.
Beau Brummell may also refer to:
- Beau Brummel (1913 film), a 1913 silent short film directed by and starring James Young
- Beau Brummel (1924 film), a silent film about the man
- Beau Brummell (film), a 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film biography
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man, a 2006 TV film produced by BBC Four
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The Beau Brummels, 1960s American rock band
- The Beau Brummels (album), the band's 1975 self-titled album
- early pseudonym of the English songwriter Paul Roland
Usage examples of "beau brummell".
I have had the name of Beau Brummell dinned into my ears until I am heartily sick of it!
Had there been any sort of fashion-conscious creature there to observe my arrival, though, it would have had to regard me as the Beau Brummell of hominids.
The dapper, waspish-figured lawyer was considered a veritable Beau Brummell.
He had become the Beau Brummell of State, a role befitting the ace forward on the basketball team.
His amusing pronouncements upon the misfortune of existing in the same era as Beau Brummell made Hetty feel that he cared not a whit about the vagaries of his fellow men.
We'd best be checking if that alien Beau Brummell's still got all his brains.
He was the Beau Brummell of New York, if not of the twentieth century.
When one is as old as I am and still trying to act the Beau Brummell, he doesn't like to have his age get around.
But Catherine also had designs on the town's Beau Brummell dating from 1945, and this added fuel to the flames of their hatred.
She went on to explain also that while Tim drank a little too much, was a pain in the neck and looked particularly silly when he tried to act like Beau Brummell, he was nevertheless company of a sort, and after forty years she was used to him.