“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six month.
“Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.”
— Paulo Coelho, book The Winner Stands Alone
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
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The Philosophy of Dress, The New-York Tribune, 1885. For an analysis see Fashion a Form of Ugliness http://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/quotations/fashion-a-form-of-ugliness.html <br class="br">Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
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