“1537. Fine Cloth is never out of Fashion.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“1537. Fine Cloth is never out of Fashion.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
George Kubler (1912–1996) American art historian
George Kubler (1961), cited in: Guido Guerzoni (2011). Apollo and Vulcan: The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700. p. 27
“Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.”
Lord Goring, Act III
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice.”
Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Lady Gaga on her Twitter http://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/15736252756
“1579. Fools may invent Fashions, that wise Men will wear.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Similarly in French: Les fous inventent les modes et les sages les suivent.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“All very fine, Mary; but my old-fashioned common sense is better than your clever modern nonsense.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
1900s, Love Among the Artists (1900)
“As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.”
Colley Cibber Love's Last Shift
Love's Last Shift, Act II (1696).