Le bon ton is a French word meaning ‘good manners’ or’style’ It was used to refer to Britain’s high society during the late Regency and the reign of George IV. The term has also been used to describe the Upper Ten Thousand of later 19th-century New York society.
About Ton (le bon ton) in brief
Le bon ton is a French word meaning ‘good manners’ or’style’ It was used to refer to Britain’s high society during the late Regency and the reign of George IV, and later. The term has also been used to describe the Upper Ten Thousand of later 19th-century New York society as well as most of the peerage, landed gentry, and wealthy merchants or bankers of the City of London.
The conventions of ton life were highly structured and complex. Social acceptance was crucial and mostly based on birth and family. The ton’s generally acknowledged leaders were the Lady Patronesses of Almack’s As London’s most exclusive mixed-sex social club, Almack’s represented the best and wealthiest among the ton.
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