Children Quote by Joe Hill

“Expensive clothing is a poor man’s attempt to appear prosperous.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's dance, they…

— Gene Kelly

“The boys wore jeans, or tracksuits with big ticks on them as if their clothing had been marked by a teacher who valued, above…

— Monica Ali

“This kid belonged in a big place like New York with his skinny jeans, designer shirt, fancy sneakers that probably cost more than my…

— Sloane Kennedy

“Some people said our clothes looked like the 1950s; others believed the 1940s were our era. I wasn't sure. All I knew was that…

— Robert Whitlow

I grew up as a fairly poor kid in, you know, Toronto, Canada. I don't think I owned any new clothes until I was,…

— Paulo Costanzo

Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.

— Michael Harrington

“It seemed too as if many of the people were on display, behaving as if they expected to be looked at, as if they…

— John Lanchester

“There are very few high-quality garments being produced at all. A very, very, very small amount. So small that most people never even see…

— Elizabeth Cline

When I was a kid, I never even thought about fashion. I had one pair of jeans.

— Gisele Bundchen

“He's changed out of his school clothes and is wearing a pair of khakis and a plaid dress shirt unbuttoned over a white tee.…

— Michelle Krys

“bright blue slacks and sandals, a paparazzi-sized”

— Peter James