We have to thank the members of the Romantic movement for the sober colours of suits. It was their love of the Gothic that put us in grey and black but the suit stuck. A. A. Gill Read Quote
The suit is the polite taming, the socialising, the neutering, of riding and military kit. Those pointless buttons on the cuff were moved from lateral to vertical. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Suits are malevolent magicians’ sleeves for socialists, full of patrician loops and tricks, small, embroidered, cryptic messages of deference and privilege. They are ever the uniform of the enemy. They are also the greatest British invention ever. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Gift giving is one of the oldest forms of human interaction. It is a behaviour all cultures and all classes share. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more profoundly, neither is it the best. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Texting isn’t writing. It’s not like letter writing. Texting is short scriptwriting. It’s a collaborative soap opera where nothing happens. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Mourning the loss of the phone call is like pining for buggy driving or women in hats or three-martini lunches. They’ve gone. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Personal adornment is the only cultural form that everybody in the world takes part in. A. A. Gill Read Quote
