Beau Brummell was considered the king of dandyism. Dandyism was the rejection of the bourgeouis modesty in the ninteenth century. A dandy was a man who conserns himself with his appearance, and he wishes to look like aristocracy eventhough it is usually a man of the middle class. Beau Brummel went against the style at the time and he popularized the suit. The type of suit he popularized was well-fitting and hand-tailored. He rejected breeches and stockings which were common at the time and instead wore full-length formal trousers with either both matching or different jackets. He also embraced the natural hair style of the Romans instead of using wigs.
Currently in the 21st century I would not consider that anyone has the amount of influence on style as Beau Brummel did at the time. Since fast fashion is so common and styles and fads are constantly changing and evolving I would not say that anyone has that type influence as it is more of a random event through social media. I would not say that one person does not have that type of control or charisma to influence everyone to wear something so widespread that it reaches a whole social class.
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