Anne Hollander Quotes
-
People seem always actually to know, with a degree of pain that has required the comfort of fairy tales, that when you are dressed in any particular way at all, you are revealed rather than hidden.
→ -
The art of dressing is the art we all practice
→ -
Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters.
→ -
Many strange-looking people obviously dress according to deep convictions that are not shared by on-lookers - they clearly do not know how they actually look, but are satisfied with what their clothes make them feel and believe about their looks. These people may be the true originals, even though they are certainly not the best appreciated. The famous messages of dress, the well-known language of clothes, is very often not doing any communicating at all; a good deal of it is a form of private muttering.
→
Related Authors
-
Paul Fussell Historian -
Fred Zinnemann Film director -
Wendy Shalit Writer -
Valerie Steele Historian -
Geoffrey Chaucer Poet -
Thomas Nagel Philosopher -
John Hollander Poet -
Norbert Elias Sociologist