EVEN for those men who have mastered clothes, who perhaps realize that it is better to be in the hands of an obscure tailor than a flashy boutique salesman, there are limits to self-expression.
Matthew Stiff's dirty-minded Leporello carries not only the infamous catalogue but also endless changes of his master's clothes in his knapsack.
In addition to ensuring that Winsmith's quarters were kept clean, Spencer washed his master's clothes, prepared his food, brushed his uniforms, polished his swords and buckles, ran errands, foraged and tended his horse.
OK, we still pay your bills and you have yet to master folding clothes, but I have faith in you.
However, he added, so far as his moral lecturing was concerned, Oldmeadow was "in the position of a valet masquerading in his master's clothes.
It was more a respectful bow to some masters, producing clothes with that touch of enchantment that makes for fine fashion.
Makeup is really the most democratic of beauty interventions: less dangerous and time-consuming than plastic surgery, less expensive than a personal trainer, easier to master than expert clothes sense.
The cat persuades his master to remove his clothes and enter the river.
Dulcet melodies in the fashion of Bollywood stars singing about broken hearts and pining for love rang out through adjacent rooms filled with teenaged girls learning how to design and stitch clothes or master Excel, PowerPoint and computer design software.
The Neanderthals harnessed fire, lived in shelters, wore clothes, and mastered the art of stone tool making.
