“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
“The air of fashion, which many young people are so eager to attain, always strikes me like the studied attitudes of some modern prints, copied with tasteless servility after the antigue; the soul is left out, and none of the parts are tied together by what may properly be termed character.” PeopleMaySoulCharacterTogetherYoungLeftAttitudeAirModernFashionStrikesPrintTiedLeft OutServility Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.” ArtFilmOne ThingFashionTied Author:Tavi Gevinson
“Each of us is tied, in some fashion, to the past. We are all part of a continuum.” PastFashionTiedContinuum Author:Nikki Grimes