STANLEY: It looks like you raided some stylish shops in Paris.
BLANCHE: Ha-ha! Yes – clothes are my passion!
STANLEY: What does it cost for a string of fur-pieces like that?
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 2. Having rifled through Blanche’s trunk full of clothes and belongings looking for information about Belle Reve, Stanley confronts her. He doesn’t trust her and believes that she used the money from Belle Reve to buy expensive things for herself. Blanche has a passion for clothes, having an intense interest in her appearance.