Adored for his charisma and wit, a renowned London couturier chooses patriotism over the man he loves at a time when homosexuality is a crime.

SYNOPSIS:

The Dandy is a stylized drama loosely based on noted dressmaker, BUNNY ROGER, a center of British fashion over the course of 40 years and one of the greatest British Dandies of the 20th Century. Set in a sweeping backdrop of design and haute couture, Bunny emerges as a Savile Row Institution, war hero, London socialite and king of the bon mot. He is also a gay man, battling for the right to be himself and the right to love in a time when homosexuality is against the law and being exposed means disgrace and ruin.

Bunny dons astonishing suits and sequin dresses with the same flair. But beneath the sequins, is a man longing for acceptance from his father and a sense of belonging, with a stalwart loyalty to friends and country. From marching into battle with a chiffon scarf around his neck and a copy of vogue tucked under his arm to being one of the most outrageous party givers of his age, Bunny challenges the icons of what it means to be a man. Always ready with a quip, when mocked by a taxi driver saying he forgot his diamonds, Bunny responds, “Diamonds with tweed...Never!” Known for theme parties like Sunset Boulevard, where Gloria Swanson said after, “Bunny made a far more beautiful Norma Desmond than I ever did.”

Bunny and his love, William, have a forbidden romance, with a fate writ large in Bunny Roger’s delicious wardrobe. A love that is blocked at every turn: by a moral code, by a tragic war, the threat of prison and the cultural complicity that pushes men to be heroes. Bunny ultimately succumbs to his father’s expectations of what it means to be a man. A story of patriotism and the need for acceptance prevailing over the love of one person. High flying ideals can become self sabotage in the end.