Fashion

Fashion and style have been a major cultural preoccupation since man first admired himself in the skin of a woolly mammoth whilst gazing at his reflection in the primordial swamp.

Since then quite a lot has been said on the subject.

Below we’ve gathered up our favorite quotes  – because being able to whip out a witty quip at short notice is almost as important as the art of dressing well, itself.

Style isn’t just about what you wear, it’s also about what you say:

“A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.”

 – Oscar Wilde

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

 – Mark Twain

“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.”

 – Arthur Ashe

“Dress like you’ve made something of yourself, even if you haven’t”

 – Men’s Health

“Clothes don’t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.”

 – Herbert Harold Vreeland

“One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one’s own style”.

 – Cary Grant

“A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them.”

 – Hardy Amies

“A well-tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men”

 – Anon

“Like every good man, I strive for perfection, and, like every ordinary man, I have found that perfection is out of reach – but not the perfect suit.”

 – Edward Tivnan

“It is totally impossible to be well-dressed in cheap shoes.”

 – Hardy Amies

“To achieve the nonchalance which is absolutely necessary for a man, one article at least must not match.”

 – Hardy Amies

“Never wear anything that panics the cat.”

 – J. O’Rourke

“Looking good isn’t self-importance; it’s self-respect.”

 – Charles Hix

“Dressing well is a form of good manners.”

 – Tom Ford

“The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.”

 – Honore de Balzac

“Men’s fashions all start as sports clothes and progress to the great occasions of state. The tailcoat, which started out as a hunting coat, is just finishing such a journey. The tracksuit is just beginning one.”

 – Angus McGill

“He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave.”

 – Logan Pearsall Smith

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

 – Henry David Thoreau

‘Trendy is the last stage before tacky.’

 – Karl Lagerfeld

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

 – Oscar Wilde