Quotes About Style

There was only one thing about his own appearance which really pleased Hercule Poirot, and that was the profusion of his moustaches, and the way they responded to grooming and treatment and trimming. They were magnificent. He knew of nobody else who had any moustache half as good.

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

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.

I wish you would always have Miss Marple and not Poirot," and the other "I wish you would have Poirot and not Miss Marple." I myself incline to her side. I think, that she is at her best in the solving of short problems; they suit her more intimate style. Poirot, on the other hand, insists on a full-length book to display his talents.

Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style.

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

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.

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot." [ Baffled at a Bookcase ( London Review of Books , Vol. 33 No. 15, 28 July 2011)]

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

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An educated man ... is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.

Clothes should always feel personal.

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

My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.

I like edgy but classic looks - like Chanel mixed with Alexander McQueen. My personal style is edgier. My closet is just black, gray, and white. I'm more comfortable in darker colors and leather jackets.

I admire anyone with their own sense of personal style.

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

My personal style is kind of tomboy-boho chic! Sort of funky but simple.

I think my own personal style always ends up seeping into characters that I play. I've always had a very distinct idea of fashion for myself, and what a character should wear.