Jessie Bayliss

'Dandemonium — The Dandy Defined' is a book by writer and critic Robin Dutt, published by Kerseymore in November 2023. Robin has written extensively on dandyism and men's style, and the book approaches its subject through the codes and objects of the Dandy rather than as a conventional narrative history.

I was commissioned to provide the book's historical pen and ink illustration programme, working with art director Jason Morris at Show Media. In fine-line pen, I drew a set of illustrations exploring the accessories, observed style and taxonomic detail that have defined the figure across his history — each drawing worked from reference in the tradition of nineteenth-century trade-catalogue engraving that underpins much of my work.

Kerseymore published the book in November 2023, launching it at Home House in Marylebone.