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.

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.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Nineties style isn't.

Nineties style isn't.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

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.

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.