This article is about the magazine. For the London based band, see The Chap . The Chap is a British quarterly magazine and related books edited by Gustav Temple, proposing a return to a dandified way of life, involving tweed, pipe smoking, opium, brogues and finely pressed trousers. The magazine has featured such noted Chaps and Chapettes as John Cooper Clarke, Leslie Phillips, Mark Gatiss and Miss Martindale, with moustache grooming instruction from Michael "Atters" Attree and sartorial advice from David Saxby. The "Chappists" propose a revolution based not on violence or bomb-throwing, but on dressing and behaving very nicely indeed. They combine decadence with activism and have organised protests against modern art installations and vulgar corporations such as Gap, Starbucks and Nike. It could be argued that while Chappism is certainly sincere in its appreciation of British culture and its love of tradition it is none

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