Costumes Quote by Walter Benjamin

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

— Mason Cooley

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything is different about the world of the past, including the way we think and move, and you get a sense of that through…

— Lucy Worsley

Fashion is a part of the world and part of history. It's not a meaningless swirl of meaningless clothes. They (clothes) reflect the times.

— Valerie Steele

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.

— Jodi Picoult

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without…

— Molly Parker

Fashion: a barricade behind which men hide their nothingness.

— Kin Hubbard

Clothes are inevitable. They are nothing less than the furniture of the mind made visible.

— James Laver

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

— Vera Wang

The beauty of a naked body is felt only by the dressed races.

— Fernando Pessoa

Fashion is the only thing on earth about which no one will take interest in disputing.

— Vikrant Parsai

In history people dressed much better than we do today.

— Vivienne Westwood