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Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity.

“Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity.” — William Hazlitt, “On Fashion,” Sketches and Essays

Author YahooeyPosted on December 24, 2020December 11, 2020Categories QuotationsTags fashion, singularity, vulgarity, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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To look like nobody else is a sufficiently mortifying reflection; to be in danger of being mistaken for one of the rabble is worse.

“To look like nobody else is a sufficiently mortifying reflection; to be in danger of being mistaken for one of the rabble is worse.” — William Hazlitt, “On Fashion,” Sketches and Essays

Author YahooeyPosted on November 14, 2020November 7, 2020Categories QuotationsTags appearances, fashion, rabble, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Author YahooeyPosted on September 4, 2020August 29, 2020Categories QuotationsTags fashion, Henry David Thoreau, WaldenLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Those who make their dress a principal part of theselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

“Those who make their dress a principal part of theselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.” — William Hazlitt, “On the Clerical Character” (January/February 1818)

Author YahooeyPosted on October 22, 2015December 31, 2019Categories QuotationsTags dress, fashion, On the Clerical Character, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.

“Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.” — Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband

Author YahooeyPosted on February 26, 2015January 23, 2015Categories QuotationsTags An Ideal Husband, fashion, Oscar Wilde4 Comments on Quote of the Day

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“Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.” — Steven Brust, Paths of the Dead

Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

“Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.” — Steven Brust, Paths of the Dead

Author YahooeyPosted on November 23, 2013December 30, 2016Categories QuotationsTags conformity, eccentricity, fashion, Paths of the Dead, Steven Brust1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Oscar Wilde.

“And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” — Oscar Wilde, “Literary and Other Notes I,” Woman’s World (November 1887)

Author YahooeyPosted on January 5, 2011October 31, 2021Categories QuotationsTags fashion, Oscar WildeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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