- Fashion! -- a word which knaves and fools may use,
- Their knavery and folly to excuse.
CHARLES CHURCHILL, The Rosciad
Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
AMBROSE BIERCE, The Devil's Dictionary
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to Bushrod Washington, Jan. 15, 1783
We are living in such a troubled world that fashion seems completely irrelevant. Yet ... it's a very, very mysterious thing. Why all of a sudden do people like yellow? Why all of a sudden do people wear combat boots?
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, Newsweek, Aug. 7, 2006
One had as good be out of the world, as out of fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER, Love's Last Shift
A person who is anxious to be a leader of the fashion, or one of the first to follow it, will certainly appear in the eyes of judicious men to have nothing better than a frequent change of dress to recommend him to notice.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to George Steptoe Washington, Mar. 23, 1789
In hindsight, my initial love for fashion was about hope and evolving to become the type of woman I wanted to be: strong, confident and feminine. I always loved the idea of dressing up--my wardrobe and how I present myself reflecting how I feel on the inside. That is what I do for other people now. I give women the means to express themselves and be who they are and who they aspire to be, and I think there is a real beauty in this.
RACHEL ROY, Newsweek, Oct. 15, 2007
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