Echoes in a Hollow Space

Random quote of the day:

“KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Random quote of the day:

“Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.”

—Jean Cocteau, quoted in Threads: My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion by Joseph Abboud

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashion of it.”

—Woodrow Wilson, “Princeton In the Nation’s Service,”
Commemorative Address delivered October 21, 1896

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

“If we went into the streets dressed the way we talk, we would be arrested for indecent exposure.”

—James Thurber, quoted in “The Tulle and Taffeta Rut: A Conversation with James Thurber,” by Henry Brandon, 1961

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

That’ll leave a mark…

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Thanks to mnfaure for sharing this piece of wonderful fabulousness. I want to be these women!

Random quote of the day:

 

“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, quoted in Chanel: A Woman of Her Own by Axel Madsen

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

 

“Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are.”

—Quentin Crisp, Time Magazine, February 2, 1981

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Random quote of the day:

 

“After all, what is fashion?  From an artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”

—Oscar Wilde, Literary and Other Notes I, Woman’s World, Nov. 1887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

The Missed Rapture had me wondering about all those people suddenly sucked up into eternity in a massive come-as-you-are party. Imagine some of the embarrassing outfits or lack thereof. So I wondered, if given your druthers about it...