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.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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.

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.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean read more

Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.

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.

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.