We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and …

Henry David Thoreau
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We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveler's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Michael McCurdy, Terry Tempest Williams (2010). Walden, p.12, Shambhala Publications
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