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Clothes are inevitable. They are nothing less than the furniture of the mind made visible.

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The erogenous zone is always shifting, and it is the business of fashion to pursue it, without ever catching it up.

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Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds.

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James Laver

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Born: March 14, 1899
Died: June 3, 1975 (aged 76)
Bio: James Laver was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959.
Known for:
  1. Costume and Fashion (1969)
  2. Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900 (1943)
  3. Drama, Its Costume & Décor (1951)

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