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.

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?

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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.

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.

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.

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.