Carolina QuotesThere is no fashion so absurd, even grotesque, that it cannot be adopted, given two things: the authority of the fashion-setter (Dior, Jackie Onassis) and the vacuity or noughtness of the consumer.
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 2, section 2: The Self as Nought (II).
- work
- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book (1983)
- year
- 1983
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“There is no fashion so absurd, even grotesque, that it canno…” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2643819CDF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2643819cdf
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