Artist, Rebel, Dandy: Men of Fashion

Michael Costiff wearing Comme des Garçons, 2007 Photography by Junichiro Tokumasu, Courtesy of the artistWriting in the early 1800s, Baudelaire declared that, “Dandyism is the last spark of heroism amid decadence.” The notoriously pithy (and scandalous) French author, himself counted amongst the ranks of early dandies, was hoping to capture the spirit of endurance, and often rebellion, which marks out men whose sartorial choices are as much about substance as they are about style. Artist, Rebel, Dandy, is a new sur...