James Laver Quote

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


Modesty in Dress: An Inquiry Into the Fundamentals of Fashion (ed. 1969)


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

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

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

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