The Dandy Portraits: The Lives of Exquisite Gentlemen Today is a portrait project by photographer Rose Callahan.

Visit www.dandyportraits.blogspot.com and the flickr set to see the portrait project so far.

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All photos marked ©Rose Callahan are original images by Rose. Reblogging is encouraged - please credit and link back to the source!

All other images are posted here for inspiration, and are credited and linked to source whenever humanly possible.

About the project:

The Dandy Portraits began in early 2008 as I started to meet gentlemen who had exceptional personal style. Their "extreme elegance" seemed to be the present day expression of The Dandy. Dandyism has been a passionately debated topic since it's beginning in late 18th century England and France. Today, the question, "What is a dandy?" has no simple answer, and I do not claim to have the last word. Rather, this is a very personal exploration of dandyism - in it's "infinite variety" - thru the gentlemen I have had the pleasure of meeting. With each new portrait comes more curiosity, and the realization that a true dandy is a rare thing indeed.