Avisitor from Mars contemplating a man in a frock coat and top hat and a woman in a crinoline might well have supposed that they belonged to different species.
Clothes are inevitable. They are nothing less than the furniture of the mind made visible. - James Laver
Clothes are inevitable. They are nothing less than the furniture of the mind made visible.
- James Laver
When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same pr… - James Laver
When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same pr…
Ten years before its time, a fashion is indecent; ten years after, it is hideous; but a century after, it is romantic. - James Laver
Ten years before its time, a fashion is indecent; ten years after, it is hideous; but a century after, it is romantic.
Every style seems completely appropriate to its epoch. We cannot imagine Madame de Pompadour, or the Empress Josephine, or the early Victorian lady i… - James Laver
Every style seems completely appropriate to its epoch. We cannot imagine Madame de Pompadour, or the Empress Josephine, or the early Victorian lady i…
The same costume will be Indecent ten years before its time, Shameless five years before its time, Outre (daring) one year before its time, Smart (in… - James Laver
The same costume will be Indecent ten years before its time, Shameless five years before its time, Outre (daring) one year before its time, Smart (in…
Nothing is more revealing of an age than its hypocrisies. - James Laver
Nothing is more revealing of an age than its hypocrisies.
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds. - James Laver
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds.
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something. - James Laver
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something.
If we could understand the full significance of a woman's hat we could prophesy her clothes for the next year, the interior decoration of the next tw… - James Laver
If we could understand the full significance of a woman's hat we could prophesy her clothes for the next year, the interior decoration of the next tw…
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