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.

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.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

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.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

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.