Silk – Quotes

I believe the defining

I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you! To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. No one tells … Read more

The Garden En robe

The Garden En robe de parade. – Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens, And she is dying piece-meal of a sort of emotional anaemia. And round about there is a rabble Of the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the … Read more

The rustling of the

The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and lie still, And she the rejoicer of the heart is beneath them: A wet leaf that clings to the threshold. Ezra Pound

I’m not averse to

I’m not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There’s something very sexy about being submissive. Eva Longoria

The dowager rose and

The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: Oh, Rupert, darling, she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, don’t you see? The game’s up! Eva Ibbotson

Love is a rock

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace. Etheridge Knight

My perspective is hard

My perspective is hard because I look at wardrobe from very much a guy’s perspective. You look at my closet and I have pairs of black jeans and five button-downs, but one’s silk, one’s cotton. They all are slightly different, so that’s my perspective. Erin Wasson