The Dandy: A Dandy pursues elegance, it it his ultimate and unique goal. Everything he does is designed to make his social presentation more elegant, thus great care has to be taken not to appear too extravagant in his dress, and of course never slovenly. A Dandy is a man whose pursuit of elegance, in matters of dress, manners, and speech gains him a respect that nothing else can give.
The Butterfly Dandy: Butterfly dandyism was the joyaux of the fashion world for most of the Victorian period, and while it did not follow the rules for dandyism as inspired by Brummel, it nevertheless profoundly marked the world of men's fashion even up to today
The Romantic loves elegance. Like the first dandies he wished to embody it, and like the Decadent he finds it full of pleasure. He sees past ages, and the elegance they contained, and he wants to weep: how could such elegance be lost! The Romantic loves elegance and wants capture it, hold on to it, keep it forever...let other share it, and appreciate it.
The Romantic has the Gothic temperament par excellence.
An Aesthete is an artist. His life is focused around his art, and he lives for his own creativity. An aesthete's wardrobe, manners, style, conversation will generally [if not frequently] be aimed at impressing, capturing attention, and entertaining those to whom he speaks; he lives for the crowd.
The Decadents are philosophers of pleasure. They seek elegance, but not for itself as the first Dandies did, but for the pleasure it brings. The Decadent's fashion is rich, colorful [a little gaudy] and inspires an almost tactile admiration. Decadents love elegance and beauty and clothe themselves in it.
