Peacock

The original flamboyant rebel who lived for adoration.

Lord Byron was arguably the first modern celebrity, obsessively cultivating his image as a brooding, darkly glamorous poet and aristocrat — he dressed theatrically, staged his own myth, and reveled in the scandal and adoration that followed him everywhere. His lovers, his club foot he turned into tragic mystique, his wild escapades across Europe, and his famous quip that he woke one morning 'and found himself famous' all speak to a personality that craved and thrived on an audience. Beneath the gorgeous plumage, however, was a deeply self-aware performer who understood that spectacle was power — the quintessential peacock.