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" Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain ; but take care always, that your clothes are well made, and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air. When you are once well dressed for the day, think no... "
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of ... - Page 6
by Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810
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Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic ...

Michael Zakim - Design - 2003 - 306 pages
...Republican Etiquette declared that "a man's vest or cravat must not seem a too important part of him." "When you are once well dressed, for the day, think no more of it afterwards," advised George Fox in his suitably entitled Fashion: The Power That Influences the World. And the Mirror...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 15

1837 - 840 pages
...A roan of sense carefully avoids any particular character in his dress; he is accurately clean for care, always, that your clothes are well made, and...otherwise they will give you a very awkward air." InMay following, we find hi., -vriting thus: — " Mr Hearte informs me, that you are clothed in sumptuous...
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