“Fashion brings out what you are inside. A lot of people think it's got to be blue jeans, a Black coat, three inch heels. But it doesn't have to be like that. I enjoy just going for it” PeopleThinkingThreeEnjoyBlackFashionBlueInchesHeelsCoatsJeansGoing For ItBlue Jeans Author:Nicola Roberts
“Black was bestlooking. ... Ebony was the best wood, the hardest wood; it was black. Virginia ham was the best ham. It was black on the outside. Tuxedos and tail coats were black and they were a man's finest, most expensive clothes. You had to use pepper to make most meats and vegetables fit to eat. The most flavorsome pepper was black. The best caviar was black. The rarest jewels were black: black opals, black pearls.” MenUseBlackFitClothesWoodsHardestMeatExpensiveVegetablesTailsFinestCoatsPearlsJewelsVirginiaHamPeppersCaviarTuxedosOpalExpensive ClothesBlack Pearl Author:Ann Petry
“Mr. Pickwick took a seat and the paper, but instead of reading the latter, peeped over the top of it, and took a survey of the man of business, who was an elderly, pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man, in a black coat, dark mixture trousers, and small black gaiters; a kind of being who seemed to be an essential part of the desk at which he was writing, and to have as much thought or sentiment.” MenWritingKindCharacterReadingBlackDarkInterestingHe ManEssentialsPaperDietsSeatsLatterSentimentsVegetablesDesksCoatsMixturesElderlySurveysOver The TopTrousersInteresting Characters Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club
“Boni de Castellane drawing his chins onto his chest; shiny boots, embroidered morning coat, white gloves with black piping, big tie, light vest, the overwashed, bleached impression - 'blanched' as cooks say of boiled vegetables. That was the opposite of a dandy whose stylishness would remain imperceptible to Americans. Boni's style was highly visible.” BigsLightBlackWhiteMorningStyleOppositesDrawingImpressionCooksTiesVisibleChestsVegetablesBootsCoatsGlovesChinsVestsDandy Author:Paul Morand
“'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned her head right, left, and her black hair curled and uncurled on the shoulder of her coat. 'We have our dull, circled lives, bound in gravity, worshiping you!'” WorldLeftBlackStepsSkyLandHairBoundsShouldersDullGravityTravelerCoatsAstronautSpace TravelBlack Hair Author:Samuel R. Delany