Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know
That what was worn read more

Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know
That what was worn some twenty years ago
Comes into grace again.

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.

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.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

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 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.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.