Fashion Quotes by A. A. Gill

9 Fashion quotes by A. A. Gill

A. A. Gill’s nine observations on fashion cut with his characteristic wit and critique, providing a concise, incisive look at style and society.

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The only acceptable cravat is the original Croat one.

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You don't have a choice about fashion or aesthetics - you're in it, whether you like it or not.

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Clothes maketh the man. They don't make you some other man.

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The suit is the polite taming, the socialising, the neutering, of riding and military kit. Those pointless buttons on the cuff were…

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A cravat has to be approached with consummate self-confidence and a devilish nonchalance. A cravat has to be grasped by a man…

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The super-rich watch each other like envious owls, to see who's got a slightly better loafer, a pullover made from some even…

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I've often been accused of dressing too well. I've always been fascinated by fashion, though I don't think I'm particularly fashionable.

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Cowboy boots you can't wear unless you actually are a cowboy or in a Status Quo tribute band, or over 60; there's…

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Suits are malevolent magicians' sleeves for socialists, full of patrician loops and tricks, small, embroidered, cryptic messages of deference and privilege. They…

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Frightened is the natural state for all men.

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Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give.

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Have you ever wondered why the rich and privileged care about, or even bother with, the gift bag? Because they don't need this stuff.…

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London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the…

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Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.

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I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry…

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Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more…

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You see, the problem with Dave Cameron is that people know who he is. The less people know about him, the more he's likely…

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Personal adornment is the only cultural form that everybody in the world takes part in.

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The part that makes you unique is the bit people will like or fear, fall in love with, or try to avoid.

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