The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of the same elements; and about once in so often we go back and begin again.
Source: Modes and Morals, Ch. 2, 1920.
-- Katherine F Gerould, ( 1879-1944), US writer; She wrote The Tortoise, 1914 and Modes and Morals, 1920