“Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than to appear so; even pleasure itself they sacrifice to parade, and enjoyment to ostentation.” PleasureSacrificeFashionConsequenceEnjoymentShadeGoddessParadesSemblanceWorshippersOstentation Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my fashion of waging war and bearing witness. And if my song is the proudest of songs, it is that I sing clearly to make the day rise clear!” IfsThinkingWarLightSongClearFashionSingingGloryWitnessRepeatsShadeEchoesWaging WarBearing Witness Book:CHANTECLER PLAY IN FOUR ACTS Source: CHANTECLER PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
“When you see a fashion show, you see those seven minutes of what was six months of tedious work of, you know, going up an inch and down an inch, changing it from one shade of red to another shade of red. So it's the same as any creative process. The result is what we see, but the process is really labor intensive and work.” KnowsShowsProcessResultsCreativeMinutesFashionMonthsSixRedLaborSevenShadeInchesCreative ProcessSix MonthsTediousFashion Show Author:Marc Jacobs
“I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford