Was ist die Mode? Vom künstlerischen Standpunkt ist sie gewöhnlich eine so unerträgliche Form von Häßlichkeit, daß sie mit jedem halben Jahr geändert werden muß.Oscar Wilde
Translation (German)
And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Oscar Wilde
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"Was ist die Mode? Vom künstlerischen Standpunkt ist sie gewöhnlich eine so unerträgliche Form von Häßlichkeit, daß sie mit jedem halben Jahr geändert werden muß."
— Oscar Wilde
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"The Philosophy of Dress", The New-York Tribune, 1885. For an analysis see Fashion a Form of Ugliness
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Oscar Wilde
1854 – 1900
irischer Schriftsteller
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