In 1916, Infants' and Children's Wear Review insisted upon pink for boys and blue for girls. In 1939, Parents magazine claimed that pink was a good color for boys because it was a pale version of red, which was the color of Mars, the war god. Blue was good for girls because it was the color of Venus, and of the Virgin Mary. So, pink for girls is a relatively recent trend, and utterly random. Tim Gunn
A fit, healthy body–that is the best fashion statement
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Jess C. Scott
We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.
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Karl Lagerfeld
It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.
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Anna Wintour
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change
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Karl Lagerfeld
A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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Karl Lagerfeld
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You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.
Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.
When I took over as chair of the fashion program, I was horrified that only the faculty member was allowed to speak in a critique. I'm talking about perfectly nurturing teachers. But the rule was there would be no call of hands for students to...
One of the hardest things for a teacher is to know when to keep quiet and when to let go. It is a terrible thing to hold someone back from success, or to insist on sharing credit, or to tie someone to your apron strings....
Until the sixteenth century, men–priests, academics, judges, merchants, princes, and many others–wore skirts, or robes. For men, the skirt was a 'sign of leisure and a symbol of dignity, ' writes Quentin Bell. This is still true for men in high positions. After all, can...
