Quotes About Fashion

You're a man milliner, Poirot. I never notice what people have on." "You should join a nudist colony

At a small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction- it fascinated rather than repelled. She sat very upright. Round her neck was a collar of very large pearls which, improbable though it seemed, were real. Her hands were covered with rings. Her sable coat was pushed back on her shoulders. A very small and expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.

Ah, yes,' said Poirot. He was reflecting, and not for the first time, that seen from the back, shorts were becoming to very few of the female sex. He shut his eyes in pain.

You're a man milliner, Poirot. I never notice what people have on." "You should join a nudist colony." As

I don't like that woman. I don't like the hat she is wearing, and I don't like her mushroom-coloured stockings.

They turned me out of one place today because I had on a sleeveless dress,' she said ruefully. 'Apparently the Almighty doesn't like my arms in spite of having made them.

The subjects of them did not look tragic. They looked, actually, rather ridiculous, since nearly all of them were dressed in the style of a bygone day, and nothing is more ridiculous than the fashions of yesterday—though in another thirty years or so their charm may have reappeared, or at any rate be once more apparent.

She had on a very vivid pullover and her nails matched it in colour. She had a thin bird-like eager face with big eyes and rather a tight, suspicious mouth.

Ça, c'est tout a fait naturelle," said Poirot. "It is the fashion of the moment. They grow out of it.

it is a lady's handkerchief,

lots of women buy their clothes in Paris, and have not, on that account, necessarily poisoned their husbands.

There were also American visitors fascinated by seeing the titled English really getting down to their traditional afternoon tea.

Miss Grosvenor was an incredibly glamorous blonde. She wore an expensively cut little black suit

And all these girls with their make-up and their hair and their nails look so alike.

When I arrived there, looking like a mad scientist had tried to flay me open like a tiny Frankenstein, my mother freaked out in appropriate fashion.

Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset.

Kyosuke was right on time, as usual. He was dressed in winter-white flannel trousers, a black turtleneck sweater, and a gray-and-black herringbone tweed jacket. An oyster-colored silk scarf was slung carelessly around his neck. Kenzo, who had thrown on some wrinkled khaki slacks and an old tan sweater, stared admiringly at his friend's dashing getup.

To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible.

The only thing for old age is a brave face, a good tailor and comfortable shoes.

Like putting an Armani suit on Attila the Hun, interface design only tells how to dress up an existing behavior.

really made me feel that women have been coerced into a way of presenting themselves that is basically a form of bondage. Their shoes, their skirts, even their nails seem designed to stop them from being able

Clothes should always feel personal.

I don't want to be a celebrity designer. I want to keep my personal life out of it.

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.