Clothes Quote by Thomas Carlyle

“A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes.”

— Thomas Carlyle

These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling…

— Charles Baudelaire

“The Dandy is the highest form of existence attainable by the human form. His life is exclusively dedicated to dressing exquisitely, parading about the…

— Gustav Temple and Vic Darkwood

Being a dandy is a condition rather than a profession. It is a defense against suffering and a celebration of life.

— Sebastian Horsley

Clothes form the intellect of the dandy.

— Josh Billings

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.

— Max Beerbohm

Eternal superiority of the Dandy. What is the Dandy?

— Charles Baudelaire

Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be.

— Sebastian Horsley

A Dandy does nothing.

— Charles Baudelaire

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man

— Charles Baudelaire

The all importance of clothes has sprung up in the intellect of the dandy without effort, like an instinct of genius; he is inspired…

— Thomas Carlyle

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

— William Hazlitt