18th century Quote by Tom Tykwer

Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities.

— Hubert de Givenchy

“A modern man registers a hundred times more sensory impressions than an eighteenth-century artist”

— Fernand Leger

I had always loved the look of the old English gentleman who dressed in class and style, who knew what he was wearing but…

— Ralph Lauren

“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

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

— Oscar Wilde

In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes said everything.…

— Vivienne Westwood

I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work…

— Zac Posen

Every movie that I'm in is very different in terms of aesthetic and costume. I mean, from 'Mirror, Mirror' to 'Mortal Instruments,' I went…

— Lily Collins

“Perfume should tell a story – the story of who you are, who you might be, perhaps even of who you fear becoming…”

— Kathleen Tessaro

I think ultimately one would say that the most difficult part of the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer is the balancing of the…

— Tom Tykwer

Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what is right…

— Columbus Short

Coming from the theatre, I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns, and I get to be a princess or…

— Sutton Foster