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“Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in London, for example, or the coverage of popular culture in the national press, or the fact that the film industry is now about young people making films about young British issues.”

“It is claimed that the United States gets the cleanest and purest tea in the market, and certainly it is too good to warrant the nervous apprehension which strains and dilutes it into nothingness. The English do not strain their tea in the fervid fashion we do. They like to see a few leaves dawdling about the cup. They like to know what they are drinking.”

Knows States United United States Fashion England Drinking Nervous Cups Tea Nothingness Strain Apprehension Warrants

Book:To Think of Tea!

Source: To Think of Tea!

“Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class.”

Years Book Class Four Happened Century Fashion Pages England Dresses Moved California Devoted Working Class 19th Century Back When Victorian

Author:Bill Vaughan

“My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.”

Way Firsts Persons Company Streets Fashion Car England Sells Brown Boots Homeless Uncles 1960s Millionaire Lanes Topshop

Author:M.I.A.

“The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these "giddy-paced" times, and England is forgetting that those who make haste to be rich can hardly avoid much temptation and some sin.”

Source: Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters, Forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood, and Records of Later Life

“China is exciting because it is an extremely curious and interested market. What more can a designer ask for? The client here is bold and willing to try new things, which a country with a long fashion history wouldn't dare. France or England is weighed down by all these rules, elaborate etiquette, do's and don'ts. Things here move incredibly quickly.”

Trying Long Country Moving Asks Fashion Willing Exciting England Dare China Curious France Designer New Things Clients Etiquette Willing To Try

Author:Michael Kors

“In England, where I come from, fashion and music go hand in hand. They're integral to each other.”

Hands Fashion England Hand In Hand Fashion And Music

Author:Don Letts

“Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.”

Thinking World Looks Important Feet Fashion England Fantastic Queens Icons Fashion Icon Queen Elizabeth

Author:Carolina Herrera

“Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.”

Real Century Fashion England Queens Sense Of Humor Icons Fashion Icon Queen Elizabeth

Author:Carolina Herrera

“I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.”

Said Use Advice Fashion England Queens Queen Of England

Book:I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography

Source: I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography

“The English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country.”

Country Pleasure Fashion England Insulting

Author:Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully