A Quote by James Laver

Poor Englishwomen! When it comes to their clothes- well, the French reaction is a shrug, the Italian reaction a spreading of the hands and a lifting of the eyes and the American reaction simply one of amused contempt.

James Laver

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James Laver
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March 14, 1899 - June 3, 1975

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