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Quotes About Attire

I thought it was bad when they made me wear this Jane Austen–suitor outfit, complete with cravat. But you! You look like you just escaped the set of Braveheart.
~ Shelly Laurenston
He tried to make me wear a suit." "Why?" Sissy asked dryly. "Are you planning on going to a funeral after our date?
~ Shelly Laurenston
Nowadays most people wear black most of the time anyway: go to a literary party and one would imagine everyone there was in perpetual mourning for their lives.
~ Fay Weldon
-'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?'There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter
~ P.G. Wodehouse
crowded about the four sides of the green to watch and cheer. Viola had set out from home early in the morning looking ladylike and elegant in a muslin dress and shawl and straw bonnet, her hair in a neatly braided coronet about her head beneath it. She had even been wearing gloves. But she had long ago discarded all the accessories. Even her hair, slipping stubbornly out of its pins during the busy morning of rushing hither and yon, had been allowed finally to hang loose in a long braid down
~ Mary Balogh
Carney was hatless and gloveless, wearing her pink linen. Sam looked at her more than once. "its just because he likes pink," she told herself.
~ Maud Hart Lovelace
I like to look nice when I go to see His Majesty, the Burger King.
~ Maureen Johnson
The best part, without any question, was the tie. I've always liked ties, but it seemed like too much of a Statement to wear them.
~ Maureen Johnson
Charles was dressed more casually than normal, in a heavy fleece and sweatpants. Dr. Quinn rose to the occasion in a rose-gray cashmere sweater, a sweeping wool skirt, black cashmere tights, and tall black boots. No amount of cold was going to rob her of her queenly graces. Charles had a look on his face that said, I'm not angry, but I am disappointed. Dr. Quinn's expression said, He's passive-aggressive. I'm not. I am aggressive. I have killed before.
~ Maureen Johnson
The naked shoulder was gown's only ornament
~ Ayn Rand
I had decided early on that if I couldn't dress elegant, I'd dress memorable.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
He made his way to my table and squeezed in next to me as though it was the most natural thing in the world that he should be meeting me here. As usual, he was wearing a dark suit that fit him like an afterthought. He nodded a greeting. I returned the gesture, then went back to watching Grace play.
~ Barry Eisler
I was surprised at how much the genuine clothes made me feel like a monk. I would remember that—that the details mattered, not just in how you looked, but in how you felt, in the kind of unconscious vibe you emanated and that people might key on one way or the other.
~ Barry Eisler
I noted he had no place to conceal a weapon or transmitter. I wondered whether the attire had been chosen deliberately, to reassure me. Dox liked to play the hick, and a lot of people bought the act, but I knew he could be subtle when he wanted to be.
~ Barry Eisler
begirt with a flowing kirtle
~ Stephen Leacock
prohibir a los médicos llevar corbata, porque, como ha observado el Departamento de Salud del Reino Unido, «se lavan muy de vez en cuando», «no tienen ningún efecto beneficioso en la atención al paciente» y «se ha demostrado que están colonizadas por patógenos».
~ Steven D. Levitt
I am so girly. I love dresses.
~ Amber Riley
I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.
~ Martin Freeman
I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
~ Victoria Justice
I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
~ Fantasia Barrino
I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who walks around in sweat pants and sneakers.
~ Claudia Schiffer
I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.
~ David Oyelowo
Chicks dig a dude who's sporting the latest eggplant turtleneck styles.
~ Jordan Sonnenblick
I WAS wearing jeans and a slightly grubby polo shirt, partly to remind Koblenz that I wasn't on official Stoddard Associates business. And to let him know I wasn't playing by the rules of the suit-and-tie world. Also because it was more comfortable than a suit.
~ Joseph Finder