William Shakespeare Fashion Quotations

A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain.

The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony.

New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.

O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that do choke their service up Even with the having. . . .

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in base imitation

What's brave, what's noble, let's do it after the Roman fashion.

Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.

I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple; Scambling, out-facing, fashion-mong'ring boys, That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander, Go antickly, and show outward hideousness, And speak off half a dozen dangerous words, How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst; And this is all.

I must to the barber's, monsieur, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.

I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors To study fashions to adorn my body: Since I am crept in favor with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost.

Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

Fashion wears out more clothes than the man.

Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.

But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.

Thou art not for the fashion of these times,Where none will sweat but for promotion.

The soul of this man is his clothes.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

What a deformed thief this fashion is.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.

The apparel oft proclaims the man.

Are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.