“Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“Immorality is the morality of those who are having a better time. You will never convince the average farmer's mare that the late Maud S. was not dreadfully immoral.”
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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