DANNY WISE ... "SPIRITUAL DANDY":
BRILLIANT esthete of BEAUTIFUL AND THE SUBLIME. ******
PROLOGUE:
The
unique cultural phenomenon of "Dandyism", which spread
during the Regency English and French Restoration, is classified as a
true "lifestyle", which manifests itself in that peculiar
intellectual attitude, whose "doctrine" is a blatant
exaltation of finesse, elegance in elevated language, in ways
gallant, noble in bearing, apparel valuable and sought after. Its
special "imprimatur" is characterized by strict forms of
exaggerated individualism, a total nonconformity, which stands in
sharp contrast compared to preconceived ideas of contingent reality
and results in a sharp denial, against bourgeois mediocrity. In fact,
there is a "Community Dandy" but, at most, .un'intersezione
principles and behavior traits dandistici, which provide an
interpretive key of "unique identity". In this regard, to
gain a deeper understanding of the different evolutionary stages of
Dandyism and a more focused understanding of its ideological
assumptions, it is important to draw a short process of different
historical eras and authoritative exponents.
CHRONOLOGY:
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° HALF OF 1700/1 ° HALF OF 1800-
The
curtain opens on the movement in England, coinciding with the rise
and establishment of the ranks of the "Dandy" by Lord
George Brummel (called the "beau"). It is the so-called
period of fashion neoclassicist, the "Empire", during which
prevails the concept of "eccentricity" of existence
extravagant show in society to flaunt their fascinating aesthetic
sense. The period in question includes other famous characters:
Stendhal, Lord Byron Gordon, Eugene Delacroix, etc ...
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2nd HALF OF 1800/1800 END -
This
second period is affected by the passage of Dandyism from England to
France and the theory of philosophy dandistica post-romantic, in
which the figures of Charles Baudelaire and Barbey d'Aurevilly. The
Dandyism baudelariano it softens, revealing more poetic and more
committed: the Dandy, therefore, becomes the supreme representative
of a culture and the diversity of appearance, which shows strong
similarities with the current art and literature of the time.
-2
° HALF OF 1800 / EARLY
1900
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The
third period dandistico hypothetical, that initially appears to be
coeval with the second, but with an English more than French, boasts
the presence of a distinguished protagonist of the literary scene,
Oscar Wilde and his "Aesthetic Theory". In France stand
out, for the same aesthetic principles, the Count of Montesquiou and
Marcel Proust; while in Italy emerged the undisputed "hedonist"
Gabriele D'Annunzio. Here, it is a Dandyism decadence, sumptuous and
rather eccentric, with revolutionary connotations of inspiration, to
the Victorian bourgeois power.
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EARLY 1900/70'S ABOUT -
For
many, this period represents erroneously the last cycle of the
phenomenon dandistico. At the end of the two world wars, the Dandy
temporarily lays the weapons of decadent splendor to find a canon
expressive sober, rigorous, with a more refined and elegant. Jean
Cocteau, a disciple of the Count of Montesquiou, inspired by criteria
neoclassical and baroque. In America, however, spreads the "Dandyism
adolescent", duly represented in the works of F. Scott
Fitzgerald, steeped in that particular scenario play, typical of the
'20s: the crazy rides in the car, the sumptuous night dance parties
...
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THE 70 / AD OGGI.-
But
the multiform manifestations of Dandyism not vanish in the 70s.
During this time you breathe a sort of atmosphere "eccentric",
spectacular, staged from Italian Carmelo Bene, known theatrical proud
and melancholy. As a fulmune the blue, at the beginning of anni''90,
beautiful limelight magically light up to illuminate the amazing
stylistic virtuosity of renowned designer Danny Wise: an authentic
"Spiritual Dandy", brilliant esthete of the beautiful and
the sublime , a great self-made man, a distinguished protagonist of
the lush expanse of the High-Fascion. With its infamous creative
talent and an incredible entrepreneurial skills, based in Milan, June
7, 1992, the eponymous Maison: a project dear, ambitious, made with
scorching passion and deserving success, in a delicate social context
where, l 'insane power of corruption, animated feelings of deceit,
indifference, selfishness, contaminating and debasing the elitist
idea of purity, honesty, elegance, nobility of thought and
action. A Brand of honorable prestige, high-caliber International
that, after more than two decades, continues to enrich the vast
panorama of the Made in Italy. Currently, at the dawn of 2015, where
the world seems to be foreshadowed and imprisoned in a thick spiral
of adverse events, offering sad and disturbing events of hatred and
violence, fueling brutal reactions, here is the "creative
magnetism" Danny Wise coined a renewed energy dominant,
sublimating the aesthetic thought of "Beauty", to the
altars, as a powerful antidote: the coveted "panacea"
against all the evils and meanness pervasive. Artist "visionary",
cultured, cosmopolitan and multilingual, sensitive, charismatic,
refined; creator of creations "cult", keen observer and
builder of a new language "iconic-figurative" and can
"explore" the inner essence individual, in a deep
"introspective analysis" and to shape, with absolute
originality, the multiple personalities , giving each a unique
identity, exclusive and inimitable. "The human being can aspire
to infinity only if it manages to penetrate and to" dress up
"the unsearchable facets of the soul, raising it to the highest
degree of spiritual exaltation, so as not to be contaminated by the
emptiness of the obvious and banal superficiality" . The
meticulous stylistic refinement, that distinguishes it presupposes an
imprint superb and brilliant; a delicacy, finesse and taste
exceptional, unusual, free from sterile formalism and stereotyped
patterns, in a symbiotic union Divine (body and soul), who longs to
the virtue of the senses and the spirit. In addition, the admirable
conception purist "Beauty", aestheticism, which
emphatically draws, is its inescapable philosofy existential: "LIVE
LIFE AS IF IT WERE A WORK OF ART". He; using its versatile
"savoir-faire" and a burning desire futuristic, faithfully
embodies the prototype of the "perfect gentleman", the
intellectual intimate: an eccentric figure, somewhat complex,
enigmatic and intriguing habit harmonious and graceful manners, an
extraordinary icon, noble and gallant, who amiably pantry elegance,
arousing intense emotions, exciting and unknown ... Always straining
to sing praises to his artistic ideal of "eternal mysterious
beauty", considering it a supreme value, "metatemporal"
sacred and inviolable, that finally moved, with outstanding
craftsmanship, in his kaleidoscopic universe Haute Couture and
Luxury. Danny Wise, a prestigious name and exalted Class and Style;
Peerless master of perfectionism, the quirky charm and sensual
harmony, with its radiant "enlightening thought," likes to
enchant, amaze and invites you to dream.
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