« All Fashion Quotes · William Hazlitt's Page
Fashion Quotes by William Hazlitt
- Fashion is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism ... tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the…
- What is popular is not necessarily vulgar; and that which we try to rescue from fatal obscurity had in general much better remain where it…
- Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken
- Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity.
- Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
More Fashion Quotes
- To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Jeans represent democracy in fashion. — Giorgio Armani
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better… — Jane Austen
- Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. — Francis Bacon
- Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. — David Bailey
- I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. — David Bailey
- I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. — David Bailey
- The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself… — David Bailey