“For Shanghai women old clothes are the shells they shed during their metamorphoses. Their age is shown through their clothing; but the heart lying beneath the garments sometimes forgets to grow up.” AgeFashionWomanhoodClothingShanghaiTwentieth Century Shanghai Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
“One should not look down on this eagerness to be trendy—it belongs to the heart that is common to all. Day after day, night after night, it is this desire that holds up and sustain this city’s prosperity. This common heart, being pure and clear, is best able to take stock of the changing times. Like the evergreen, it is eternal.” FashionCity LifeNormalcyNormal PeopleTrendiness Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
“One might call fashion the product of vanity, but one must never underestimate it, for it carries with it the spirit of the age.” TimeFashionClothing Book:The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai Source: The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai