Temple Gustav Livres

An hilarious manual for correctly spotting the English gentleman, including dandies, cads, and eccentrics Seeking to classify every species and sub-species of English gentleman that one may observe throughout the seasons, this guide ranges from the flamboyant young fop to the crusty old duffer. Looking at established chaps such as Beau Brummel and Cary Grant and taking in deceased chaps such as the Comte de Montesquiou and Fred Astaire, the book takes us up to the present day with contemporary types such as the Bohemian Chap, the Libertine, the Old Codger, and the City Gent. Full of barbed wit and helpful tips on how to correctly wear one's spats, this is a pocket-sized prestige gift for aspirantly stylish chaps and chapesses.

Gentleman about town Gustav Temple, editor of The Chap magazine, and Olly Smith, wine expert extraordinaire, have teamed together to write this ultimate guide to alcoholic beverages. A treasure trove of advice, Drinking for Chaps will transform men (and women) from gadabouts and dabblers to titans of taste. Chapters include cocktails, bubbles, wine, beer, cider, spirits and liqueurs, and cover pairing drinks with delicacies, as well as how to order booze in a restaurant and the infallible Chap hangover cure. Whether you want to impress your house guests with your lemon twist, dazzle a young lady with your drinking decorum, or order a perfect Martini at your favourite bar, this essential guide will show you how to drink like a king without spending a fortune.

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.

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.