I believe the German or Swiss story "Kleider machen Leute" (Clothes Make the Man) has been done in a number of versions
Clothes make the man
Clothes make the man is an amendment of the Swiss poet Gottfried Keller . For the first time in 1874 in the second volume of the novella collection The People of Seldwyla published, it is one of the best known stories of German literature , served as a model for movies and operas, is a masterpiece example of the style of poetic realism .
The story is about the journeyman tailor Wenzel Strapinski, the well-dressed despite poverty. He arrives in a strange city and is held there because of his appearance for a Polish Count. After he failed from shyness to elucidate the confusion, he tried to escape. But then enters a young lady, daughter of a distinguished citizen, the venue. The two fall in love, whereupon the tailor makes him be urged Graf role. A scorned rival ensures that the supposed impostor is unmasked. At the engagement party it comes to scandal. Strapinski flees, but his bride finds him, saves him from freezing to death and confronts him. When she is satisfied that his love is genuine, she is committed to him and sets the marriage by. The Schneider founded with their property a studio and bring it to prosperity and reputation, making the saying "Clothes make the man" proved successful.
Clothes make the man
Clothes make the man is an amendment of the Swiss poet Gottfried Keller . For the first time in 1874 in the second volume of the novella collection The People of Seldwyla published, it is one of the best known stories of German literature , served as a model for movies and operas, is a masterpiece example of the style of poetic realism .
The story is about the journeyman tailor Wenzel Strapinski, the well-dressed despite poverty. He arrives in a strange city and is held there because of his appearance for a Polish Count. After he failed from shyness to elucidate the confusion, he tried to escape. But then enters a young lady, daughter of a distinguished citizen, the venue. The two fall in love, whereupon the tailor makes him be urged Graf role. A scorned rival ensures that the supposed impostor is unmasked. At the engagement party it comes to scandal. Strapinski flees, but his bride finds him, saves him from freezing to death and confronts him. When she is satisfied that his love is genuine, she is committed to him and sets the marriage by. The Schneider founded with their property a studio and bring it to prosperity and reputation, making the saying "Clothes make the man" proved successful.
The story is about the journeyman tailor Wenzel Strapinski, the well-dressed despite poverty. He arrives in a strange city and is held there because of his appearance for a Polish Count. After he failed from shyness to elucidate the confusion, he tried to escape. But then enters a young lady, daughter of a distinguished citizen, the venue. The two fall in love, whereupon the tailor makes him be urged Graf role. A scorned rival ensures that the supposed impostor is unmasked. At the engagement party it comes to scandal. Strapinski flees, but his bride finds him, saves him from freezing to death and confronts him. When she is satisfied that his love is genuine, she is committed to him and sets the marriage by. The Schneider founded with their property a studio and bring it to prosperity and reputation, making the saying "Clothes make the man" proved successful.
"A
policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes
and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable influence, in
the earth. They move the human race to willing and spontaneous respect
for the judge, the general, the admiral, the bishop, the ambassador, the
frivolous earl, the idiot duke, the sultan, the king, the emperor. No
great title is efficient without clothes to support it."
--from THE CZAR'S SOLILOQUY (MARK TWAIN)
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--from THE CZAR'S SOLILOQUY (MARK TWAIN)
More: http://shortlist.com/style/fashion-advice-from-literature
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