Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offi…

Virginia Woolf
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Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world's view of us. ✨ Virginia Woolf (1995). Orlando: A Biography, p.92, Wordsworth Editions
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