Thought for the day

What would a man be - what would any man be - without his clothes? As soon as one stops and thinks over that proposition, on realises that without his clothes a man would be nothing at all; that the clothes do not merely make the man, the clothes are the man; that without them he is a cipher, a vacancy, a nothing. Mark Twain

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The ineluctable movement of fashion had its origin as a form of presumption - the desire to imitate and resemble something better, more free, more beautiful and shining, which one could not actually aspire to. Anne Hollander

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In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. Charles Revson

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Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other. Ivy Compton-Burnett.

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Q: How does drag make you feel?
A: I feel like Superman. It's very empowering. You become the God of your imagination.
Ru Paul

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There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of our arm and breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. Virginia Woolf

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Once it was power that created style. But now high styles come from low places, from people who carve out worlds for themselves in the nether depths, or tainted 'undergrounds.' Tom Wolfe

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remember us?

The same costume will be
Indecent . . . 10 years before its time
Shameless. . . 5 years before its time
Outre (darling) . . . 1 year before its time
Smart
Dowdy . . . 1 year after its time
Hideous . . .10 years after its time
Ridiculous . . . 20 years after its time
Amusing . . . 30 years after its time
Quaint . . . .50 years after its time
Charming . . .70 years after its time
Romantic . . . 100 years after its time
Beautiful . . . 150 years after its time

James Laver

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I don't know who invented the high heel, but all men owe him a lot. Marilyn Monroe

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Like every good man, I strive for perfection, and, like every ordinary man, I have found that perfection is out of reach - but not the perfect suit. Edward Tivnan

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Shoes are the first machines we are given to master. Nicholson Baker

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Her vespers done,
Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees;
Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one;
Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees
Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees John Keats 1795-1821

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I cannot see why a person should be esteemed haughty on account of his taste for fine clothes, any more than one who discovers a fondness for birds, moths or butterflies. William Shenstone 1714- 1763

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No elegance is possible without perfume. Coco Chanel

** Wild Fig and Cassis, the shower gel and/or body lotion, please

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There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and making up which attracts me. Pedro Almodovar

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Fashion is a craft, and an expression of a period of time, but it is not an art. Bill Blass

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It is eleven years since I have seen my figure in a glass. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable, I resolved to spare myself such mortifications for the future. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689-1762

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There may be talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object in the whole of creation. Oliver Goldsmith

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It's always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting. Jean-Paul Gaultier

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Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. Mason Cooley.