Good Advice: Mollie Parnis Didn't Do Fast Fashion

“I’ve always had a theory that good designing doesn’t mean dresses you have to throw away every year. Things shouldn’t go out of date overnight.”

(Model in Mollie Parnis dress from Conde Nast Archive) 

My week has been composed of many classic fashion ladies with quick tongues. With the recent uproar over cheap, fast fashions made in sweatshops, this little nugget from American designer, Mollie Parnis, seems ever prudent.