“A rich dress adds but little to the beauty of a person. It may possibly create a deference, but that is rather an enemy to love.” MayLittlesPersonsEnemyRichDressesAddDeference Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Men of quality never appear more amiable than when their dress is plain. Their birth, rank, title and its appendages are at best indivious and as they do not need the assistance of dress, so, by their disclaiming the advantage of it, they make their superiority sit more easy.” MenNeedsEasyQualityBirthAdvantageDressesTitlesSuperiorityAssistanceAmiable Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Those who are incapable of shining out by dress would do well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.” WellsTurnsClothesDressesShiningContrastIncapableDisadvantagesShining Out Author:William Shenstone
“Persons are oftentimes misled in regard to their choice of dress by attending to the beauty of colors, rather than selecting such colors as may increase their own beauty.” MayPersonsChoicesStyleColorIncreaseRegardDressesAttendingMisled Author:William Shenstone