October 5, 2011
“Clothes are meant for private living; clothes that produce excitement and applause give the press things to write about but shock the man of taste.” —

Hardy Amies on Fashion Shows

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Posted in Hardy Amies Fashion
September 21, 2011
“Van Gogh painted a beautiful picture of an old, shapeless pair of boots; and I don’t think any more models are required. He made his boots look wistful and neglected; and so appear to me all shoes and boots without trees. In a well-kept shoe cupboard you should not be able to see the wood for the trees.” — Hardy Amies, ABC of Men’s Fashion (1964)
Posted in Shoes Shoe Care Maintenance Hardy Amies
February 8, 2011
“To attain style in dress, you must look perfectly happy and relaxed in your clothes which must appear part of you rather than a wardrobe you have just donned.” — Hardy Amies, ABC of Men’s Fashion, via Dress With Style
Posted in Hardy Amies Dress With Style
June 28, 2010
“Approach to dressing is a delicate subject. A preoccupation with dress is unpleasant in a woman and repellent in a man; but both sexes should pay each other the compliment of giving the appearance that trouble has been taken if no more. A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them.” — Hardy Amies, ABC of Men’s Fashion
Posted in Wisdom Hardy Amies