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 | "A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the
contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of
eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party." | |
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Sinclair Lewis
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| "Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss
me, and be quiet." | |
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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| "Clothes don?t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a good
job." | |
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Herbert Harold Vreeland
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| "Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes." | |
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Henry David Thoreau
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| "Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very
well dressed." | |
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Laurie Colwin
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| "I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,
including: * Both of your socks should always be the same color, * Or they
should at least both be fairly dark." | |
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Dave Barry
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| "I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old
three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!" | |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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| "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." | |
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Aesop
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| "It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks
through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit." | |
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William Shakespeare
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| "Never try to guess your wife?s size. Just buy her anything marked
"petite" and hold on to the receipt." | |
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Unknown
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| "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most
important." | |
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John Ruskin
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| "The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my
measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with
their old measurements and expected them to fit me." | |
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George Bernard Shaw
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| "There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh
apparel." | |
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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| "When as silks my Julia goes, then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows
the liquefaction of her clothes." | |
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Robert Herrick
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| "Who is worse shod than the shoemaker"s wife?" | |
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John Heywood
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| "With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat
in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,? Stitch! stitch!
stitch!" | |
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Thomas Hood
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| "Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to
other women." | |
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Elsa Schiaparelli
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| "You"d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap." | |
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Dolly Parton
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| "Your Business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids.
This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting." | |
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Scott Raymond Adams
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