“To think of education as a means of preserving institutions however excellent, is to have a superficial notion of its end and purpose, which is to mould and fashion men who are more than institutions, who create, outgrow, and re-create them.” ThinkingMenMeanEndsPurposeFashionInstitutionsNotionExcellentSuperficialMould Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“People see fashion as superficial and shallow, but it's actually not. As an industry it can really change how things happen and change trade for countries that really need it.” PeopleNeedsCountryHappensFashionIndustryTradeThings HappenShallowSuperficial Author:Ali Hewson
“We spoke of ourselves as "emancipated" when we got the vote. Yet we are still slaves to the superficial and the superfluous. We are concerned with the length of our skirts, with the latest lipstick, with the newest thrill in hats. We are impressed by advertisements that insist we must be alluring; we must adopt a time-consuming coiffure, we must spend hours with the "beautician," we must attend fashion shows. As long as women are preoccupied with nonessentials we shall be afflicted with infantilism, passivity, and the eventual disillusionment that results from trivial, unproductive lives.” LongStillsShowsHoursResultsFashionConcernedVoteSlaveHatsSpokesLengthNarcissismImpressedSuperficialThrillConsumingSkirtsLipstickAdvertisementsDisillusionmentSuperfluousPassivityAlluringTime ConsumingUnproductiveFashion ShowBeauticians Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial.” KindFashionMy FamilySuperficial Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I didn't know about the fashion world, or at least I took it for slightly superficial. I didn't realize the extent of it.” KnowsWorldRealizingFashionSuperficialFashion World Author:Tom Riley