Dandy

A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies. A dandy could be a self-made man both in person and persona, who emulated the aristocratic style of life regardless of his middle-class origin, birth, and background, especially during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Britain.dandy: "One who studies ostentatiously to dress fashionably and elegantly; a fop, an exquisite." (OED).
Early manifestations of dandyism were Le petit-maître... more