Excerpt from Fashion: The Power That Influences the World; The Philosophy of Modern Dress<br><br>It dictates laws for the just and the unjust; it influences the forms of worship, for it decorates the panels of the church, as well as those of the synagogue, the Turkish moslem, the Chinese pagoda, and dresses all their priests and altars.<br><br>Fashion presides at every scene of life. From the era dle to the tomb, its empire is unbroken; its subjects are all mankind.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.