And again and again, why, oh why, Joe Rosenthal, were you so surprised when skirts got long and waists natural? For three long years it had been coming. It was a style, Mr. Rosenthal. Style is never unpredictable. But Rosenthal and Levine are not occupied with style. They believe that everything changes twice a year and they want it to. Otherwise people wouldn't have to buy so many clothes. Nor are the manufacturers occupied with quality because it wears and makes future buying unnecessary. They are not concerned with whether clothes are useful or beautiful or functional. That, apparently, is not a part of their job. . Elizabeth Hawes
Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?
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Dorothy Parker
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
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Coco Chanel
Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts
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Jim Morrison
He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. He look like an evil male model, showing off...
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Rick Riordan
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots
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Albert Einstein
More Quotes By Elizabeth Hawes
Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.
It is impossible to be completely abstract about clothes because they have no life unless they are worn. They must fit onto a body or they do not exist.
No garment which distorts the shape and motion of the wearer is beautiful, nor s any garment beautiful which emphasizes more than one or at most two of your sexual characteristics.
If you are the type who truly longs to be a Southern Belle at all times, regardless of taking twice the space available in bus, subway or elsewhere, you had best remove yourself to a large estate replete with servants.
Take all the fullness out of this skirt, " they say. "Ok, " we say, "but you'll feel awfully silly in it next year." "What do I care about next year?" they answer. "Any dress which isn't in style for at least three years isn't...
