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The Chap's Dec/Jan 2012 edition is the Dandies issue, with eight extra pages:
Interview: Adam Ant - the erstwhile Dandy Highwayman discusses gentlemanly elegance, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Terence Stamp
Arbuthnot & Slipper on the various types of female dandy
Lapse of Panache: A.A. Gill v Osbert Lancaster
Beau Brummell and Oscar Wilde - lesser known snippets about these dandy godheads
Nathaniel Adams unearths a quartet of more obscure dandies, from the 17th century to the Second World War
William Smith unpicks the historical threads of the smoking jacket
Biography:
The life and times of Marchesa Luisa Casati, flamboyant Italian female dandy of the 1930s
Footwear:
Viv the Spiv road tests five pairs of co-respondent shoes on the window ledges of a Brighton hotel
Lifemanship:
We continue the great work of Stephen Potter's One-upmanship books by applying his methods to the use of mobile phones
Scent of a Dandy:
Master perfumer Roja Dove explains how the civet cat's bottom provided the ultimate dandy scent
Grooming:
Our expert in the bathroom assists readers in the selection of a suitable safety razor
Michael "Atters" Attree on the dandy moustache
Drinking:
Neil J. Ridley advises on what type of hip flask to buy and what to serve in it
The Mistress List:
Fleur de Guerre advises gents on what to purchase as gifts for their ladyloves
Tristan Langlois re-enacts the Battle of Hastings at a Christmas country house party
Mr. Bell the Butler dishes out sound advice on pressing shirts, tobacco cutting and hat doffing in arcades
The Chap Questionnaire:
Mark Hill of the Antiques Roadshow
Plus: Am I Chap?, Chap of the Month and Hat Doff of the Month
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