Medieval times Quote by Sōseki Natsume

“They were buffoons with barricaded eyes, their shoulders held in positions of immovable defense. Each position upon the great floor could be seen as…

— Frank Herbert

“Fashion dictated the demise of the crinoline and the birth of the bustle. Dresses (both day and evening) gradually flattened in front while gathering…

— Mike Wallace

“So at midnight, the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth; a sort of prophetical…

— Herman Melville

And it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plagueisdoneastoperiwigs, fornobody will daretobuy any haire for fear of the infectionthat it…

— Samuel Pepys

“Perhaps part of the uncanny allure of fashionable clothing resides in the paradoxical impact of its expressiveness: the act of covering up with mere…

— Joseph Roach

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked,…

— Herman Melville

“The Scriven men wore stack-heeled boots and pearl-studded evening coats; the ladies in their vast skirts looked like mythical creatures, half woman, half sofa.”

— Philip Reeve

What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It always reflects society. The flappers would…

— Annie Lennox

“The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers,…

— Bram Stoker

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

— Anonymous

The Jam went through a phase of wearing satin jackets. But that was pre-getting signed and making it, when we were still playing the…

— Paul Weller

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

— Mason Cooley