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Quotes About Attire

stumped in at ten past ten, wearing a checked windcheater that looked as if it was made from a car rug
~ Ruth Rendell
If a woman is in trouble, she should always wear blue for protection. Blue shoes or a blue dress. A sweater the color of a robin's egg or a scarf the shade of heaven.
~ Alice Hoffman
This life of earth, whatever my attire, Would pain me in its wonted fashion. Too old am I to play with passion; Too young, to be without desire.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
I felt his eyes go over my body in my wet dress.
~ E. Lockhart
That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.
~ Edna Ferber
Philosophy is nothing but common sense in a dress suit.
~ Anonymous
During the day I pull on jeans and ballet flats; but I do love getting dressed up, too.
~ Leigh Lezark
If I'm going to work, I put black jeans on, a T-shirt, a shirt, and a jacket.
~ Kate Moss
My team puts forward a selection of dresses, and I choose the one I feel most natural in.
~ Marion Cotillard
Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
~ Sam Heughan
I don't consider myself flashy at all. I mean, did I dress like the average Washingtonian? No.
~ Desiree Rogers
The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one's own flat but is not something you wear out in public.
~ Roger Stone
I was always very focused on how people dressed.
~ Larry Gagosian
I use my clothes to make my day better - for example, if it's a dull day, I'll wear something bright to cheer myself up.
~ Deborah Meaden
It's really important because it's how you present yourself to people, and for me it's an act of respect, you know? To get dressed for the people who came to the show.
~ Jain
Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion.
~ Eric Wareheim
San Francisco is one of the worst-dressed cities in the world, bar none.
~ Kevin Plank
I am not sure I will ever wear a waistcoat again, frankly!
~ Gareth Southgate
The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
Los testimonios no concuerdan sino el tema de su ropa: lleva siempre el mismo traje, un chaqué negro con largos faldones. Como es natural, esas diferencias no son efecto de una operación mágica, sino que dependen del humor con el que se mira a Klamm y de que los demás no tienen sino un breve instante para mirarle; las diferencias dependen del grado emocional del espectador y de los innumerables matices de su esperanza o de su desesperación.
~ Franz Kafka
For my first job interview out of college, I wore a cream-colored cotton suit with cap sleeves and an inverted box pleat skirt that was appropriate for the late-August heat - and wildly discordant with the Red Hook offices of the graffiti magazine I had called twice to find.
~ Mary H.K. Choi
There is no excuse for a well-dressed gent to wilt in the warm months.
~ Roger Stone
I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.
~ Roger Federer