Word: foppishness
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It’s uncanny, really, how well these two figures match up. Physical similarities aside (both are corpulent little beasts, Louis being known for his portliness and Dan weighing in at a whopping 69 pounds), their behaviors could not be more alike. Louis XVI is known as a foppish king, decked out in his powdered wig and walking stick; Handsome Dan is no less a vain show dog, chosen expressly for his ability to strut in front of a band and tear up a Crimson blanket. Both are the meaningless figureheads of their respective institutions, all bark...
...racing, racy historical narrative is driven by plucky characters with dual lives like 20-year-old Amy Balcourt, a.k.a. The Pink Carnation, who abandons a peaceful life in the British countryside to avenge her guillotined aristocrat father. Witty, rapier-wielding Lord Richard Selwick, a foppish Egyptologist at home in England, ventures into Bonaparte’s sanctum and dons the dashing mask of The Purple Gentian to save fair Brittania—and win Balcourt’s quivering Regency-era heart...
...duckling to self-confident, if somewhat inept, adventurer. This relationship feels genuinely warm, and keeps the series from being just a simple parody, even when some of the gags are as funny as when Herbert and Marvin infiltrate the Hooded Ones' lair disguised as interior decorators, complete with foppish 18th century outfits...
Browne is quick to point out that his customers are not foppish but confident and discerning. He says his suits evoke such effortlessly masculine figures as Steve McQueen and John F. Kennedy. "It's so much more attractive when you see some guy who's not screaming a trend but has a timeless piece of clothing that fits well," he says. It's a similar distinction made by Forte about buyers of Dolce & Gabbana, which she defines as a luxury brand rather than a designer label...
...people whose outfits seem more familiar than their wearers. From this we can start a conversation, be it with the “I have that sweater in green” approach, or the more casual, perhaps slightly confrontational (for the males among us, to avoid looking foppish) “You saw [favorite band] at [local venue] last year? [Expletive...