“Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.” KnowsDoeSelfEconomyFashionIndustryConfidenceApproachConceptsWeakDollarsBillionsDependentValidityCosmeticsSelf Concept Book:I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation Source: I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation
“Fashion is not art. Fashion isnt even culture. Fashion is advertising, and advertising is money. And for every dollar you earn, someone has to pay.” ArtCulturePayFashionDollarsAdvertising Author:Gia Carangi
“In the early forties and fifties almost everybody "had about enough to live on," and young ladies dressed well on a hundred dollars a year. The daughters of the richest man in Boston were dressed with scrupulous plainness, and the wife and mother owned one brocade, which did service for several years. Display was considered vulgar. Now, alas! only Queen Victoria dares to go shabby.” MenYearsWellsEnoughYoungMotherWealthWifeFashionDaughterHundredDollarsDareQueensFortyDisplayVulgarAlasBostonVictoriaYoung LadiesShabbyWives And MothersPlainness Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“For some reason, everyone says "fashion is responsible for skinny models." I don't believe that myself. I believe consumers dictate commercial success and trends in a capitalistic society. So I believe if consumers wanted to see - like, who decided that Barney the Dinosaur was going to be a million-dollar industry?” IfsBelieveReasonWantedI BelieveMillionsFashionIndustryModelsDecidedResponsibleDollarsDon't BelieveConsumersTrendsSkinnyMillion DollarsDinosaurs Author:Kelly Cutrone
“Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.” MenWellsArtTwoHomeTodayCan DoFashionMarriedDollarsCooksCheerEngineeringPaychecksSquadHousekeepers Author:Duke of Wellington