Beau Brummel
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That last name refers to the archetypal dandy Beau Brummel, who eschewed peacockian gaudiness for meticulous simplicity: “If John Bull turns round to look after you, you are not well dressed.”
From Washington Post • May 29, 2019
He began trimming his Hamburg whiskers in Lord Dundreary style; he wore spike-toed patent-leather shoes, striped shirt fronts, a silk hat, and carried himself with a Beau Brummel air.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2018
You could really be a Beau Brummel baby/ If you just give it half a chance.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2011
With her husband, a well-known Beau Brummel of the Mauve Decade, she fled the U. S. in 1912 because the advent of the automobile made Manhattan "impossible."
From Time Magazine Archive
The film was an English historical drama, Beau Brummel.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
