Their Excellencies David Piper & Viktor Wynd Provost and Chancellor of The Last Tuesday Society Would love To See You at Their Autumnal Tea Party Sponsored By Hendrick's Gin on Monday 18th September at 43 South Molton Street, W1
Commencing at 6pm with Gin and Tonics and an Illustrated Talk by Ian Kelly on Sex, scandal, celebrity and the birth of British fashion:
Beau Brummell, British cool and the Regency ragtrade.
Followed by a lavish tea on the specially laid lawns of South Molton Street (or upstairs if it rains-which it might)featuring Cucumber Sandwiches, Cakes, Scones and Strawberries, tea and Jellies like our Mothers used to make us when we were little accompanied by the finest Live Jazz from The Last Tuesday Society's House Jazz Band The Alan Weekes Quartetall accompanied with lashings & lashings of Hendrick's Gin all evening long
Recently returned from playing Beau Brummell in New York, actor and writer Ian Kelly, author of the widely acclaimed new biography of Beau Brummell 'a parable for modern times' The Independent 'touched with mastery' Stephen Fry 'quite possibly the best book ever written about London' BBC Radio 4, discusses the origins of British tailoring and fashion in the decadent West End of the 18th century.
Adapted as a BBC film, Kelly's landmark biography of Brummell unearthed new material on the sex life of the original dandy, and reassessed the importance of Brummell's aesthetic in launching Britain's most successful cultural export: the suit. A lavishly illustrated talk for anyone who ever cared about dressing well, or who wants to understand male vanity. Contains adult material.
