Best of the Chap
Best of the Chap

Author: The Chap

Publisher: Boxtree, Limited

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780752225906

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PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT Whatever happened to the English gentleman? Wasn't his doctrine of good manners, elegant dress and chivalry towards the ladies once the yardstick by which all human behaviour was measured? How could "road rage" have become the social norm in a country where simply not raising one's hat was once considered an act of aggression? When did men stop wearing cravats, shaking hands with each other and allowing ladies to take the most comfortable seats?And why? The Chap is the long-running magazine with a mission to revive gentlemanly behaviour and sartorial elegance. From the beauty of a tweed jacket to the simple pleasure derived from smoking a pipe, the renaissance of dandyism is celebrated here in the finest articles selected from The Chap, with all the panache one would expect from the splendid fellows behind The Chap Manifesto and The Chap Almanac. From the Philosophy of Grooming to the Semiotics of Eyewear, from Stephen Fry's thoughts on being made Pipe Smoker of the Year to the abiding horror of the ready-to-wear suit, The Best of the Chap is for all those who prefer a trilby to a baseball cap, and a brogue to a trainer. So sink into your deepest armchair, pour yourself a gin and tonic, fire up your briar and prepare to join the sophisticated world of The Chap.

Best of The Chap
Best of The Chap

Author: Gustav Temple

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781911408581

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For 20 years, satirical gentlemen?s quarterly 'The Chap' has been providing chaps all over the world with crucial advice on sartorial rectitude and anarcho-dandyist etiquette. 'The Best of The Chap' brings together in one volume all the features from the last 100 issues that have defined the publication?s manifesto. It includes features from the earliest editions, when 'The Chap' was a slim pamphlet taken by a discreet handful of dissolute dandies, such as Dressing For Tennis, The Semiotics of Smoking and Sartorial Agony. As the popularity of the publication grew, so did the breadth of its content, and you will find features on subjects as diverse as gastronomy, cricket, military manoeuvres, millinery, vintage events, beatniks, birdwatching, science and boozing. Where else, for example, could you read about how to build a medium-sized Hadron Collider in your garden shed?00No other publication has single-handedly championed the forgotten principles of the English gentleman, while simultaneously charting the entry of the splendidly attired Chap and Chapette into high street fashion. Today the influence of The Chap is everywhere, from moustachioed hipsters to Harris Tweed jackets in Primark. The Best of The Chap tells the whole twenty-year story of this magazine?s growth from a fringe publication to a style bible for the modern dandy.

How to Be Chap
How to Be Chap

Author: Gustav Temple

Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783899556407

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A tweed suit, pipe, umbrella, and hat; a large dose of British humor and no sports --well, except for cricket. The Chap is the modern English gentleman, and he's out to conquer the world. How to be Chap explores the roots of the English gentleman and follows them to the present day. Today's chaps live according to their own rules --with hats, pipes, and, of course, British humor. Inspired by men such as Beau Brummell and Lord Byron, they maintain proper English ideals and virtues. By stepping back to tradition, they're advancing a lifestyle revolution. In this book, chap expert Gustav Temple explains how a chap dresses, where he goes on vacation, which sports he plays (cricket) and which ones he doesn't (everything else). From the historical foundations of British gentlemen's culture to today's dos and don'ts, How to be Chap provides thorough answers to chap-related questions and plenty of cultivated laughs.