Dandy, Quentin Crisp

I just finished making some charms for a commission that will all hang together on a bangle.....one charm was Dandy Lion, another was Quentin Quail and the third was a warbler bird.... Hmm. Somehow "warbler" didn't seem like an adequate name compared to Quentin and Dandy. What name could match up to Quentin and Dandy I wondered?.... I was stuck.....

So I decided to get the help of Google and put in "Quentin, Dandy" in the search box...and it came back with this article all about how Quentin Crisp was a Dandy style icon. So voila! My warbler charm is now called Crisp. Crisp the Warbler - what a clear voice he has! And now the bracelet is Dandy, Quentin & Crisp!


If you haven't heard of the original dandy, Quentin Crisp - he was British and here's his photo - looking very dandy and here's the link to an article about him.


He was celebrated in a film "An Englishman in New York" and Sting also wrote a song about him with the same title! Check out the youtube and you'll see Quentin!

Dandy is definitely a good word for him!

See what you learn when you try to find names for your creations?

Dandy the Lion

So here is a new friend for Cindy, that will hang around with Doug the Dog and Cher the Sheep. Meet Dandy the Lion!


What a sweetie! With this wild mane, and tufted little tail!

And yes, there were a few name choices before Dandy came about....I thought of:

Manly
Manie
Lionel
Manuel
Leonardo
Napoleon
and of course, Rory...

but credit goes to my hubby who came up with Dandy as in....Dandelion!


Hope you like him, and hope he doesn't eat Doug and Cher! Cindy will have her work cut out training him I think!