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“She was dressing for the life she wanted, not the one she had.”
“Eva," she said exasperated. "You should've established a personal style by now-and it shouldn't be sweats!"Monica, Eva Tramell's mother, in "Reflected in You”
“My attitude is if fashion says it's forbidden, I'm going to do it.”
“To tell you the truth, I dislike anything that is in fashion.”
“He never chooses an opinion, he just wears whatever happens to be in style.”
“The outer garments of to-day will become the under-clothes of some destined to-morrow, and centuries hence a man found walking on the public highways dressed as you are will be arrested by the poli...”
“fashion has a right to exist, because it permits people to define themselves over and over again.”
“Skinny jeans were only good if you had skinny genes.”
“Evening fashions have to be fabulous.Don't be just better...be the BEST.”
“A wise friend once told me, 'Don't wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what _they_ wear.' His point being that most designers, no matter what they throw onto the runway, favor simple...”
“At its best fashion is a game. But for women it's a compulsory game, like net ball, and you can't get out of it by faking your period. I know I have tried. And so for a woman every outfit is a hope...”
“Fashion is merely the lowest form of ideology. To wear or not to wear blue jeans, to holiday or not to holiday in a particular place can contribute to social acceptance or bring upon us the full op...”
“As the year goes on, certain deputiesand others, high in public lifewill appear unshaven, without coat or cravat; or they will jettison these marks of the polite man, when the temperature rises. Th...”
“I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.”
“Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen Antoine Saint-Just, of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Saf...”
“These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.”
“My motto for fashion: If you cant afford to make an elegant statement, make a ridiculous one.”
“I dress the way I want. I don`t pretend to be someone I`m not.”
“you are what you wear”
“Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people”
