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There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
 You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like 
the fashion of your garments.  
 You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like 
the fashion of your garments. 
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.
 All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel 
than the man. But art read more 
 All this I see; and I see that the fashion wears out more apparel 
than the man. But art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion 
too, that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of 
the fashion? 
As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
 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. 
He is only fanastical that is not in fashion.
He is only fanastical that is not in fashion.
 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! 
 The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated 
fashions of the generation before last.  
 The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated 
fashions of the generation before last.