Donkey Quote by Tariq Ali

I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.

— Alice Temperley

I grew up in England. My school coat was grey and white herringbone Harris tweed, and I hated it.

— Hilary Farr

My father was a graduate student at Oxford in the early 1960s, where the conventions and etiquette of clothing were crucial to the pervasive…

— Russell Smith

“OUr teachers at LT&C had their A levels and the odd teaching certificate. It is astonishing how a black crepe robe worn over a…

— Abraham Verghese

One of my favourite items is a very old jacket - it was my mum's uniform from when she was working 15 or 20 years ago.

— Astrid Berges-Frisbey

My favourite men's clothes are like Victorian British clothing.

— Sean Lennon

Our underclothes were woolen vests and knickers and an extraordinary, but apparently necessary, concoction called a liberty bodice, which had no freedom about it,…

— Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

“In the morning we shed our blue sheep’s clothing. Our border shirts came out of satchels and onto our backs. We preferred this means…

— Daniel Woodrell

“I wore a blue silk Brunswick jacket, close-fitting and edged with dark fur, and a matching petticoat, both quilted with a pattern of diamonds…

— Susan Holloway Scott

I don't have a collection, but I have a thing with jackets. I really like jackets. Whether it's an '80s motorbike jacket, or a…

— Josephine de La Baume

What you want, a Bentley? Fur coat? A diamond chain? All you blacks want all the same things.

— Kanye West

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and…

— Beatrix Potter