Kerry Greenwood Quotes

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!'

The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.

I think I'd just like to get in a time machine and travel and never come back. The '20s would be an incredible place to be, dressing up in tuxedos with fancy cars. That sounds incredible.

I am embarrassingly 1920s in style.

One of my favourite books of all time: 'The Great Gatsby'. I just think it's so well written.

In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

I'm obsessed with the 1920s, everything from the style to the lifestyle. It was a really cool era.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

Over-the-knee socks remind me of the 1920s, silent films, and the stars of the era who wore the rolled-down stockings. They sort of referenced that in 'Cabaret,' when Liza Minnelli was singing 'Mein Herr,' and I love the way she looks in that scene.

'The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.

Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.

I do like nice things; we do live in a great house, but I don't choose my friends by how much money they have or what labels they're wearing.

I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.

My interest in society - at times so pronounced that the word 'snob' comes a little to mind - derives from the fact that I like an immense number of things which society, money, and position bring in their train: painting, tapestries, rare books, smart dresses, dances, gardens, country houses, correct cuisine, and pretty women.

I used to love the '20s.

The '20s are a very interesting period to me.

Money doesn't buy class.

There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality.

I do not like the rich.

In the 1930s, anyone of any sophisticated status owned a cocktail shaker. Distinctive ones are easy to find.