Century Quote by James Laver

The same costume will be Indecent ten years before its time, Shameless five years before its time, Outre (daring) one year before its time,…

— James Laver

Why it is that a garment which is honestly attractive in, say, 1910 should be honestly ridiculous a few years later and honestly charming…

— Margery Allingham

Fashion postulates an achrony, a time which does not exist; here the past is shameful and the present is constantly "eaten up" by the…

— Roland Barthes

“We fashion our destinies with our own hands, by deed or by default, one decade, one year, one hour at a time.”

— Marie Jakober

“And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we…

— Oscar Wilde

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.

— Oscar de la Renta

Fashion is a reflection of the time.

— Anna Wintour

When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same principles…

— James Laver

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.

— Azzedine Alaia

Fashion rests upon folly. Art rests upon law. Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal. Indeed what is a fashion really? A fashion is merely…

— Oscar Wilde

Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other.

— Azgraybebly Josland

Fashion is an expression of the times. Elegance is something else again.

— Horst P. Horst