“In retrospect, it's ridiculous that anyone saw me as a fashion icon, since all I was trying to do was to dumb down my middle-class look by messing with my hair. Throughout the eighties I was invariably half-sure and half-confident about whatever it was I wore…Still, I've always believed—still do—that the radical is far more interesting when it looks benign and ordinary on the outside.” TryingLooksStillsInterestingHalfClassSawsMiddleFashionHairOrdinaryRidiculousRadicalDumbMiddle ClassEightyAlways BelieveIconsRetrospectBenignFashion Icon Book:Girl in a Band Source: Girl in a Band
“Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by the past. It is a disciplined beauty consciously preserved in the image of the old days in societies that were class-conscious and appreciative of elitist physical expertise.” BodyPastPurposeStepsClassFashionTrainingConsciousBoundsTraditionalBalletTiedExpertiseOld DaysAppreciativeRepetitiveElitistExecuting Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Every style seems completely appropriate to its epoch. We cannot imagine Madame de Pompadour, or the Empress Josephine, or the early Victorian lady in anything but the clothes she actually wore. Each represents completely the ideals of her time: elegant artificiality or post-Revolutionary morals, or the prudery of the rising middle class.” SeemsMoralClassImagineMiddleFashionStyleClothesIdealsPostsRevolutionaryRisingAppropriateMiddle ClassElegantVictorianEpochArtificialityEmpresses Author:James Laver
“What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors are closed against them. If poor, they must drudge for a mere pittance if of the wealthy classes, they must be dressed dolls of fashion parlor puppets.” IfsLawVoicePoorClassRightsFashionHonorMereEnterpriseWealthyWomens RightsAvenuesDollsPuppetsParlorBreaking The Law Author:Ernestine Rose
“In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from the ever-watchful media, and may or may not eventually filter down to the poor.” HumansMayPoorClassRichMiddleMediaFashionMiddle ClassEndeavorAdoptedSocial ChangeChildbirthFilters Author:Jessica Mitford
“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.” YearsBookClassFourHappenedCenturyFashionPagesEnglandDressesMovedCaliforniaDevotedWorking Class19th CenturyBack WhenVictorian Author:Bill Vaughan
“I'm all for reforming our higher education system, in the 21st century, to have the skills you need for a middle-class job, you need higher education of some form or fashion. It may not be a four-year degree. The problem is he just wants to pour that additional money into the broken, existing system.” WantNeedsYearsMayProblemJobsFormEducationClassFourMiddleCenturyFashionBrokenHigherSkillsDegreesMiddle ClassFour Years21st CenturyEducation SystemHigher Education Author:Marco Rubio
“Working with Cate Blanchett, on and off the screen, has always been a highlight for me. She embodies the perfect combination of consummate actor and world-class fashion icon.” WorldActorsPerfectClassFashionScreensCombinationIconsHighlightsAnd OffWorld ClassFashion IconPerfect Combination Author:Giorgio Armani
“My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.” IfsNeedsPersonsHelpingSchoolYoungUsedClassFashionDesignTaughtMomClothesPatternsMy MomDollsNeed HelpFashion Design Author:Serena Williams