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.

Death my lord,
Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't
That sure th' have read more

Death my lord,
Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't
That sure th' have worn out Christendom.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to read more

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

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.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

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.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

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!