Author: Peter York

Quotes

Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.

Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.

- Peter York

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.

If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.

- Peter York

Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.

Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.

- Peter York

London clubland divides itself between the St James's refuge for toffs, and the Conquest of Cool, for the arts and media.

London clubland divides itself between the St James's refuge for toffs, and the Conquest of Cool, for the arts and media.

- Peter York

Men turn to formal wear when they want a new job or when they think their current one is in danger. They try to present themselves as powerful and successful.

Men turn to formal wear when they want a new job or when they think their current one is in danger. They try to present themselves as powerful and successful.

- Peter York

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