This is the presentation to accompany the lecture I gave at Costume College 2009. The topic was the “macaroni” subculture in 18th-century England, particularly as shown in satirical caricatures of the period.
Call It Macaroni: The 18th-Century Fop – Costume College 2009 class PDF
In addition to numerous prints found online via the British Museum, I referred to these articles:
- Amelia Rauser, “Hair, Authenticity, and the Self-Made Macaroni,” Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 38, Fall 2004.
- Aileen Ribeiro, “The Macaronis,” History Today, July 1978.
- Shearer West, “The Darly Macaroni Prints and the Politics of ‘Private Man’,” in Eighteenth-Century Life, Vol. 25, Spring 2001.
- Stephen Goode, “Yankee Doodle: Lover of Pasta or Fashion Icon?” Insight on the News, Vol. 18, Issue 42, December 10, 2002.