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Elizabeth Hawes

Elizabeth Hawes (December 16, 1903 – September 6, 1971) was an American clothing designer, outspoken critic of the fashion industry, and champion of ready to wear and people's right to have the clothes they desired, rather than the clothes dictated to be fashionable, an idea encapsulated in her book Fashion is Spinach, published in 1938. She was among the first Americans to establish their reputations outside of Paris haute couture. In addition to her work in the fashion industry as a sketcher, copyist, stylist, and journalist, and designer, she was an author, union organizer, champion of gender equality, and political activist.

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Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter's coat may be in perfect physical condition, but you can't wear it. You can't wear it because it has a belt and this year 'we are not showing belts.

Belt, Evil, Eye, Fashion, Physical, Winter

The process of education is not generally a process of teaching people to think and ask questions. It. . . is mostly one of teaching the young what is and getting them into a mood where they will go on keeping it that way.

Change, People, Teaching, Thinking, Young

After marriage, all things change. And one of them better be you.

All Things, Be You, Change, Marriage, Things, Things Change

I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day. For thousands of years people got along with something called style and maybe, in another thousand, we'll go back to it.

Fashion, People, Word, Years

Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.

Goes On, Heads, Shapes, Want, Wear, Women

If you are the type who truly longs to be a Southern Belle at all times, regardless of taking twice the space available in bus, subway or elsewhere, you had best remove yourself to a large estate replete with servants.

Estate, Servants, Southern, Space, Subway, Type

All one really requires for putting anything over is enough energy and resistance to keep on plugging the idea. Someone will eventually fall.

Energy, Fall, Ideas, Keep, Plugging

You are being trained to be a Queen, but you do not have to act like one until y ou get your own hive. Being a Queen will not overtax you as you will never be called upon to use your mind on any major matter. You will use the National Mind, their mind. It's very restful.

Mind, Queens, Restful, Trained, Use

If one is willing to have children, rhythm is probably the best method of contraception.

Birth Control, Children, Method, Rhythm, Willing

There is a sound reason why one and a half billion dollars are spent for cosmetics in your country every year, and only half that sum for education: There are no naturally pretty girls in the United States.

Beauty, Country, Dollars, Girl, Pretty, Sum

Yesterday people were permitted to change things. They will be permitted to advocate changing them tomorrow. It is only dangerous to think of changing anything today.

Advocate, Change, Thinking, Today, Yesterday

Chic is a combination of style and fashion.

Chic, Combination, Fashion, Style

It is impossible to be completely abstract about clothes because they have no life unless they are worn. They must fit onto a body or they do not exist.

Body, Clothes, Completely, Fit, Impossible

If you feel like getting a divorce, you are no exception to the general rule.

Divorce, Exception, Feels, General, Like, Rule

The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.

Beautiful, Clothes, Couturiers, Fashion, Simple

No garment which distorts the shape and motion of the wearer is beautiful, nor s any garment beautiful which emphasizes more than one or at most two of your sexual characteristics.

Beautiful, Distorts, Emphasizes, Shapes, Two, Wearer