Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will
drive them to acquire any custom.

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will
drive them to acquire any custom.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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!

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion
of this world passeth away.

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion
of this world passeth away.

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.

I'll be at charges for a looking-glass
And entertain a score or two of tailors
To study read more

I'll be at charges for a looking-glass
And entertain a score or two of tailors
To study fashions to adorn my body:
Since I am crept in favor with myself,
I will maintain it with some little cost.

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 this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel
than the man. But art read more

All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel
than the man. But art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion
too, that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of
the fashion?

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.