If I speak of love in the context of dandyism, the reason is that love is the natural occupation of men of leisure. But the dandy does not consider love as a special aim in life. If I have mentioned money, the reason is that money is indispensable to those who make an exclusive cult of their passions, but the dandy does not aspire to wealth as an object in itself; an open bank credit could suit him just as well;...
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Wie wir sehen koennen - es ist alles bereits schon mal gedacht, alles bereits schon mal geschrieben worden... zB in Baudelaires "The Dandy"

http://www.dandyism.net/illuminatingmanu.html
http://www.dandyism.net/

more of the same - with more links to much more of the same: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy