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Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink QUOTES

Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink QUOTES

1 " The only fashion advice my father has ever given me is never wear anything you couldn't run from an assailant in. As pessimistic as that counsel may be, he has a point. So many of the hallmarks of women's fashion, from high heels to pencil skirts, in addition to being uncomfortable, slow us down and even endanger us. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

2 " We can be serious and like pink. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

3 " Fashion and consumption can bring legitimate joy, and I don’t necessarily begrudge anyone their millennial pink bucket bags. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

4 " And their appeal is predicated on telling us just how easily we can make that happen. Paltrow told the Financial Times that “the true tenets of wellness—meditation, eating whole foods, drinking a lot of water, sleeping well, thinking good thoughts, trying to be optimistic—are all free. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

5 " If you want to have a presence on Instagram at all, even as a garden-variety non-famous person, you’ve probably considered sprucing up your space, upping the ante on your vacations, and drinking more photogenic lattes, because nothing happens in a vacuum anymore. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

6 " One of the most confounding things about the pink-tinted economy is the way it’s selling back existing things to us and making them “new,” painting them as essentials of self-actualization and empowerment. An elite women’s club isn’t new. Nor is makeup. Nor is a modest floral garment. Nor is pink. What we have here is a rebranding of the reactionary. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

7 " But now, subcultures have a monetary stake (if they’re lucky) in seeing themselves ascend to monoculture. No wonder they’re so eager to please. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

8 " Moschino once told GQ: “Funny clothes have to be extremely well made because that is where you find the chic. It’s easy to be funny with a T-shirt, but it’s more clever with a mink coat. After all, if caviar was cheaper it would taste much less interesting. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

9 " Shiv Roy’s wardrobe on Succession has become the prime pop-culture example of stealth wealth. Her clothes—well-tailored high-waisted trousers and fitted turtlenecks—are by high-end brands like Armani and Ralph Lauren, but not easily identifiable in terms of their labels. They don’t scream “luxury,” but they definitely whisper it. "

― Véronique Hyland , Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink