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- Title
The Clothing of a Regency Poet, Lord Byron (1788–1824): A Period of Exile 1816–1824.
- Authors
Wilcox, David
- Abstract
In 1816, following the failure of his marriage and the establishment of a legal separation, Lord Byron left London for continental Europe. He finally settled in Italy for the longest period (1817–1823) before involving himself in the Greek struggle for independence from Ottoman rule. He would die at Missolonghi in 1824, not from any battle wound, but from disease and debility. This article examines the constant traits in his habits of dress, his dandyism and a preoccupation with his personal military wardrobe. One of his surviving military jackets is presented in some detail and the contents of the Inventory of his belongings made after his death at Missolonghi are considered for what they reveal about his style of dress, and his self-image. This is the second of a two-part study of Lord Byron's clothing narrative, which in its conclusion summarizes the features which characterized his dress habits in adulthood.
- Subjects
BYRON, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; ENGLISH poets; MILITARY uniforms; FASHION; DANDYISM
- Publication
Costume: Journal of the Costume Society, 2022, Vol 56, Issue 2, p151
- ISSN
0590-8876
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/cost.2022.0229