“But the people did get it. They had lost something -- not exactly their fear, but their patience. Suddenly it seemed unbearable to go on accepting these systems, these portly little idiots in their blue suits, for another year, and then for another day, another hour. That special sort of impatience is the power-surge of revolution.” PeopleYearsLittlesLostHoursAcceptingSpecialRevolutionGoes OnBlueSuitsIdiotUnbearableImpatienceAnother DayAnother Year Author:Neal Ascherson
“[T]he people seem to have deposited the monarchical and taken up the republican government with as much ease as would have attended their throwing off an old and putting on a new suit of clothes.” PeopleSeemsGovernmentTakenRevolutionRepublicanClothesSuitsEaseThrowingAmerican RevolutionRepublican Government Book:1777-18 June, 1779, including the Revisal of the laws, 1776-1786 Source: 1777-18 June, 1779, including the Revisal of the laws, 1776-1786
“Maybe Italians are a bit less restrained: they can be less rigid and sometimes they stray a little in their ways of dressing for work, which is something that is always linked to the formal suit. What we like of both Italians and the British is that they love to dress well. In the past ten years we have witnessed a revolution in the menswear market.” WayYearsWellsLittlesSometimesPastBitsRevolutionTenDressesBritishSuitsFormalLinkedDressings Author:Stefano Gabbana