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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.
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.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
