Dandyism is often associated with flamboyantly-dressed 19th Century figures like Oscar Wilde, Baudelaire and Lord Byron - artistic types who reproached Victorian era conformity. But a new history argues that the dandy was often a working-class irritant, subverting class structures through their sartorial splendour. 

• Guest: Peter K Andersson, author of The Dandy: A People's History of Sartorial Splendour
• Producer: Hayley Crane