“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
“Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the age. If Elizabeth I, independent, strong, represents the age of Shakespeare's heroines, a woman's heyday, Victoria represents another image of womanhood, predominant in the nineteenth century: a woman who, although queen in her own right, leaned on her husband, looked up to him, and went into perpetual mourning after his death. The feminist movement filled her with shocked horror and outrage.” IfsAgeStrongCenturyFashionMovementHorrorHusbandIndependentFilledFeministQueensMourningPerpetualWomanhoodShockedOutrageNineteenth CenturyHeroinesMonarchsVictoriaPersonificationFeminist MovementHeyday Author:Eva Figes
“I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.” MenYearsAmericaFashionFrontsOne DayMarriedPagesDaughterEightMagazinesQueensMy DaughterSweaters Author:Sonia Rykiel
“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.” ThinkingWorldLooksImportantFeetFashionEnglandFantasticQueensIconsFashion IconQueen Elizabeth Author:Carolina Herrera
“Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.” RealCenturyFashionEnglandQueensSense Of HumorIconsFashion IconQueen Elizabeth Author:Carolina Herrera