Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.
But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.
Being a dandy is a condition rather than a profession. It is a defense against suffering and a celebration of life.
Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't - he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that. Dandyism is much more austere - much more Calvinistic, more neurotic - it oscillates between narcissism and neurosis.
I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy.