• the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

    Oscar Wilde: the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.
    Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.34, Diversion Books