figure
Victor Capoul
Capoul
also: Капуль
A celebrated 19th-century French tenor whose forward-swept, center-parted hairstyle became a fashion craze in the 1870s-80s Europe; invoked as the model for the operator's dandyish coiffure.
Reading notes
- The Operator §1 combed à la Capoul
Victor Capoul (1839-1924) was a celebrated French tenor whose forward-swept, center-parted hairstyle became a European fashion craze in the 1870s-80s; "a la Capoul" signals the operator's studied, slightly dandyish self-presentation.