"By way of providing a substitute for real—I mean intellectual—superiority, which is seldom to be met with, and intolerable when it is found, society has capriciously adopted a false kind of superiority, conventional in its character, and resting upon arbitrary principles,—a tradition, as it were, handed down in the higher circles, and, like a password, subject to alteration; I refer to bon-ton fashion. Whenever this kind of superiority comes into collision with the real kind, its weakness is manifest. Moreover, the presence of good tone means the absence of good sense."

"The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observ'd of all observers."

"You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments."

"I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man."

"I'll be at charges for a looking-glass, And entertain some score or two of tailors, To study fashions to adorn my body: Since I am crept in favour with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost."

"Only great minds can afford a simple style."

"Madonna is the only modern celebrity who is truly a style icon. Who else has the audacity to dress like her these days? She really influenced how I wanted to look when I was growing up, and made me realize that I didn’t have to look like a blond beach bunny or a Playboy model."

"The pull of fashion has always been that of the stampeding herd."

"It's dangerous to have fashion and power."

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new."

"As long I've got my suit and tie, I'm going to leave it out on the floor tonight."

"You're dressed in that dress, I like. Love is swinging in the air, tonight."

"Fashion made a harsh mistress."

"Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live."

"Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing."

"I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll."

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

"Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others."

"It’s better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk."

"Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know That what was worn some twenty years ago Comes into grace again."

"As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion."

"The fashion of this world passeth away."

"Their clothes are after such a pagan cut too, That, sure, they've worn out Christendom."

"A man, woman, or child bundled up in the cold might be seen wearing gloves, hats, hosiery, and scarves that immediately imply function over fashion."

"The secret to looking great in lingerie: Feel good. Once you feel good, you look good, too."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"Squinting upon the lustre Of the rich Rings which on his fingers glistre; And, snuffing with a wrythed nose the Amber, The Musk and Civet that perfum'd the chamber."

"Innovators are the cool ones who "pump" new fashions into our world … Most are ignored, but some get copied."

"FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey."

"When you put the corset on it gives you a glimpse into what those women's lives must have been like, a little bit. Just the fact that they did that to themselves to look a certain way gives you an idea of how important it was to be a proper young lady in those times, to kind of fit the mold of what they were trying to accomplish socially. The director, Jay Russell told me to use the corset as a device to remind myself that not only physically, but emotionally, she was trapped in her surroundings and wanted desperately to get out. It was definitely a reminder because the thing is so tight!"

"Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy."

"I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet."

"He is only fantastical that is not in fashion."

"And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons, The length of breeches and the gathers, Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers."

"Paris dictates fashion to the whole world."

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."

"Fashion fades, only style remains the same."

"I don’t do fashion. I am fashion."

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” ― Coco Chanel"

"Trousers … have taken a backseat this summer, overtaken by the ubiquity of boho skirts"

"The younger bohos still love W10"

"By June, Sienna Miller had made a mark with her sexy boho style. At Glastonbury she wore grungy dresses, belts and cowboy boots, confirming her status as a fully fledged style icon."

"Bohemian. Ugh, that word"

"A recent study concluded that car boots are the only truly classless British event, attracting the unwaged, boho trendies and middle Englanders"