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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.
"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.
"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.
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!
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.
A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.
A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.
And as the French we conquer'd once,
Now give us laws for pantaloons,
The length of breeches read more
And as the French we conquer'd once,
Now give us laws for pantaloons,
The length of breeches and the gathers
Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers.
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.