“Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.” MenMindEndsBoysMankindMilitaryReturnIntellectualArmyDressesProfessionFacultySensibleSuperiorityLowestMisunderstoodDrummerInstituteBeing Misunderstood Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“I like the idea of getting to dress up, like to do a Barry Lyndon or something about the Napoleonic period, the grand army retreating from Moscow. I understand that there's a craft to acting and a lot of people work hard at it. I just know that music is my first love. I love music, I love film, and I love clothes.” PeopleKnowsFirstsIdeasHardFilmActingHard WorkPeriodsClothesMusic IsArmyDressesCraftsFirst LoveMusic LoveMoscowI Love MusicLove FilmsNapoleonic Author:Ian Astbury
“Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress and high heels to ripped jeans and army boots.” FeelsLooksStyleArmyDressesPrintBootsHeelsJeansRippedHigh HeelsRipped Jeans Author:Shay Mitchell
“For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every day, a woman can choose from an army of personae, femme to butch, and can cut or curl her hair or adorn herself with a staggering variety of artistic aids. But despite the Sixties experiments in peacock dress, no man can rise in the corporate world today, outside the entertainment industry, with long hair or makeup or purple velvet suits.” MenWorldLongTodaySufferingCuttingFashionHairIndustryArmyDressesFeministEntertainmentAidsExperimentsDespiteSuitsVarietyArtisticCorporateMakeupConventionsSixtyPurpleWorld TodayCurlsVelvetEntertainment IndustryStaggeringFemmeLong HairPeacockCorporate World Author:Camille Paglia
“What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.” ArtViewsMilitaryMovementPositionObjectsArmsMassArmyDressesSoldierNobleArtificialNavyBannerSymmetry Author:Lord Byron