“The process of education is not generally a process of teaching people to think and ask questions. It ... is mostly one of teaching the young what is and getting them into a mood where they will go on keeping it that way.” PeopleThinkingWayYoungAsksProcessChangeTeachingGoes OnMoodResistance Book:Men can take it Source: Men can take it
“Yesterday people were permitted to change things. They will be permitted to advocate changing them tomorrow. It is only dangerous to think of changing anything today.” PeopleThinkingTodayChangeDangerousTomorrowYesterday Book:Men can take it Source: Men can take it
“All changes in clothes rise out of the lives of the people who wear them. The function of the designer is simply to see a little ahead of time what the people want, and to provide it. No designer can start anything really new and different unless there is a public all ready for it.” PeopleWantLittlesDifferentFashionReadyClothesFunctionDesignerAhead Of Time Book:Men can take it Source: Men can take it
“One of the most fascinating things about the world of fashion is that practically no one knows who inhabits it or why it exists. There are a few people who know how it works, but they won't tell.” PeopleKnowsWorldKnow HowFashionFascinating Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“Style doesn't change every month or every year. It only changes as often as there is a real change in the point of view and lives of the people for whom it is produced.” PeopleYearsRealViewsFashionStyleMonthsPoint Of ViewReal Change Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day. For thousands of years people got along with something called style and maybe, in another thousand, we'll go back to it.” PeopleKnowsYearsEvilFashionStyleThousand Author:Elizabeth Hawes