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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to
alter it every six months.
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to
alter it every six months.
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword,
Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass read more
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword,
Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion and the mould of form,
Th' observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.
A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.
All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I read more
All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I recognized that the United States could be my life's work.
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.
Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know
That what was worn read more
Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know
That what was worn some twenty years ago
Comes into grace again.
Style is the perfection of a point of view
Style is the perfection of a point of view
Squinting upon the lustre
Of the rich Rings which on his fingers glistre;
And, snuffing with a read more
Squinting upon the lustre
Of the rich Rings which on his fingers glistre;
And, snuffing with a wrythed nose the Amber,
The Musk and Civet that perfum'd the chamber.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.