Does fashion matter?
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Here are a couple of different people answering the question 'Does Fashion Matter?'. They are coming from different backgrounds and jobs which mean it is being more broadly covered. If people ask themselves this question, the deterring dress code in the workforce wouldn't be a problem because everyone would be dressing properly whatever their job was. This is not saying that men should wear a suit and tie and women should wear a skirt and heals but at least dress for the job and position.
All quotes are from the New York Times, "Does Fashion Matter?" 24 October 1993 by Nash Eric.
"I think fashion does matter. It's fun, it's interesting, it's a Rorschach test. As long as you're not a slave to it". - Betty Friedan, author, "The Fountain of Age"
"A person's clothes are the first sing as to whether or not they have a sense of humor about themselves. So yes it matters. A lot". - John Waters, film maker, "Serial Mom"
"Fashion is the key to self expression. A day should select clothes, fragrance and makeup that express your special mood and attitude. Your style says so much about you before you even say a word. Every woman should know that fashion in faces goes faster than fashion in clothes". - Estee Lauder, founder of cosmetics empire.
"With issues like our country's teenage pregnancy rates, fashion's importance ranks right up there with cleaning your ears. Except right before going on television to talk about teenage pregnancy rates, when all i can think about is what I'm going to wear". - Jane Pratt, editor in chef, Sassy.
"Does fashion matter? only if you're out of it". - Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada.
"Since any Mayor of the city of New York is sure to run into television cameras seven days a week, what he wears and how he wears it is almost certain to spark comment and sometimes controversy. I am sometimes criticized for wearing a tuxedo rather than just a business suit to formal events on behalf of worthy civic and charitable causes. Perhaps the strangest criticism I ever received was from a teacher in upstate New York who said that by wearing a baseball caps to school. She seemed to believe that my wearing a cap was the driving force primeval for the decline and fall of Western civilization". - David N. Dinkins, Mayor of New York.
All quotes are from the New York Times, "Does Fashion Matter?" 24 October 1993 by Nash Eric.
"I think fashion does matter. It's fun, it's interesting, it's a Rorschach test. As long as you're not a slave to it". - Betty Friedan, author, "The Fountain of Age"
"A person's clothes are the first sing as to whether or not they have a sense of humor about themselves. So yes it matters. A lot". - John Waters, film maker, "Serial Mom"
"Fashion is the key to self expression. A day should select clothes, fragrance and makeup that express your special mood and attitude. Your style says so much about you before you even say a word. Every woman should know that fashion in faces goes faster than fashion in clothes". - Estee Lauder, founder of cosmetics empire.
"With issues like our country's teenage pregnancy rates, fashion's importance ranks right up there with cleaning your ears. Except right before going on television to talk about teenage pregnancy rates, when all i can think about is what I'm going to wear". - Jane Pratt, editor in chef, Sassy.
"Does fashion matter? only if you're out of it". - Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada.
"Since any Mayor of the city of New York is sure to run into television cameras seven days a week, what he wears and how he wears it is almost certain to spark comment and sometimes controversy. I am sometimes criticized for wearing a tuxedo rather than just a business suit to formal events on behalf of worthy civic and charitable causes. Perhaps the strangest criticism I ever received was from a teacher in upstate New York who said that by wearing a baseball caps to school. She seemed to believe that my wearing a cap was the driving force primeval for the decline and fall of Western civilization". - David N. Dinkins, Mayor of New York.
