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.

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.

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.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.

Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

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.

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.