Topic: Fashion & Style

As a special summer bonus, join me for an encore of this classic Gilded Gentleman episode.  Be sure to wear your best hat and dust off your gold-topped cane for this very gilded shopping trip.  Join me and my guest Emma Guest-Consales, PhD art historian and master New York City tour guide for this special look at… Continue reading Episode #52: The Glamour of Gilded Age Shopping ENCORE

In celebration of the coronation of King Charles III, this first of two very special shows delves deeply into the history of the Crown Jewels from where they came from to what we see today.  Join Carl and historian and curator, Curt DiCamillo for a fascinating look deep into the history of the British Crown Jewels. Curt shares the… Continue reading Episode #45: The British Crown Jewels: History and Mystery

Antique silver specialist Ben Miller, host of the podcast “Curious Objects” joins The Gilded Gentleman for a tour through the 19th century looking at silver making and design including the revolutionary influence of Tiffany & Company.  Silver from the 18th-century days of Paul Revere through the glittering Gilded Age was a coveted and valued luxury. In this… Continue reading Episode #39: Gilded Age Silver: All That Glittered Wasn’t Always Gold

The evolution of the “dandy” from the days of England’s Regency and Victorian periods on to today’s modern men of style.  Just what is — or was — a dandy? Many recall that the early 19th-century tastemaker Beau Brummell was thought of as a dandy with his meticulous style and certainly many think of Oscar Wilde as a dandy. But there were others including… Continue reading Episode #35: Dandies: Gentlemen of Style from the 19th Century to Today

During the 1870s and 1880s New York’s famous Ladies’ Mile shopping district took hold along Broadway and grand palaces of retail grew filled with splendors and luxuries to tempt the glittering clientele that swept through their doors. Join me and my guest, art historian and master guide, Emma Guest-Consales, PhD for a unique and fascinating Gilded Age… Continue reading Episode #8: Ladies’ Mile and the Glamour of Gilded Age Shopping