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Quotes About Attire

A vest is just a totem reminding you that some people dress well, and you can be one of those people.
~ Josh Gondelman
I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.
~ Maxine Peake
I like simple clothes, but sometimes I'll go for a goth-witch vibe.
~ Lorde
Beatrix had worn her best gown, made of shimmering aniline violet. The bodice was scooped low, revealing a generous expanse of fair skin. Her hair had been curled and swept up with a multitude of pearl-tipped pins- other than that, she wore no adornment.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Milady," she said quietly, "I hardly recognize ye." Holly's smile wavered, and she took a deep breath. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing, Maude? What would my husband have said, if he had ever seen me like this?" "I think Master George would have loved to see ye in that red gown," Maude replied thoughtfully. "He was a man, after all.
~ Lisa Kleypas
They shop at Dollar Tree because they don't want to get dressed up for Walmart.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Sukey's approving glance swept over Amanda's black evening dress, made of shimmering crinkled silk that had been cut very low across the bosom and fitted tightly to her voluptuous shape. Rows of glittering jet beads adorned the bodice and long sleeves, while her gloves and shoes were of soft chamois leather. It was a sophisticated ensemble, one that made the most of Amanda's looks and generously displayed her bosom.
~ Lisa Kleypas
At eight o'clock in the morning, Tom arrived at Ravenel House, dressed in a beautiful dark suit of clothes with a royal-blue four-in-hand necktie. As he entered the breakfast room and bowed, he was so obviously pleased with the entire situation that even West was moved to reluctant amusement. "I expected you to look like the cat who swallowed a canary," West said, standing to shake Tom's hand, "but you look more like a cat who swallowed another entire cat.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Bean, what's one step worse then a fashion don't?....a fashion don't even THINK about it.
~ Lisi Harrison
A stiff letter galls one like a stiff shirt collar -- whilst a sheet garnished here and there with a careless blot -- and here and there a dash -- but in the main full of excellent matter, is like a clever fellow in a dirty shirt whom we value for the good humour he brings with him and not for the garb he wears.
~ Unknown
The fact that she had more clothes to sleep in than to go out in said a lot about her
~ Jill Shalvis
Lacuna peered at my shirt. Aer-O-Smith. Arrowsmith. Does the shirt belong to your weapon dealer? No. Then why do you wear the shirt of someone else's weapon dealer?
~ Jim Butcher
Just keep the shirt clean," Susan muttered. "No problem. I can wipe my fingers on the cummerbund." "I can't take you anywhere," Susan said.
~ Jim Butcher
I always thought I looked good in red and black, but as a rule I preferred that to be my clothes. Not my limbs.
~ Jim Butcher
She was wearing jeans, a black tank top, and a loose black man's shirt
~ Jim Butcher
dressed in black slacks and a grey silk shirt, and
~ Jim Butcher
There are numerous ways to be classy and one of them starts with what you are wearing. A strand of classic white pearls is the perfect starting point...
~ Unknown
A real woman always has a couple of really good and expensive dresses in her wardrobe. They play the role of a parade costume for cases when it's necessary to make an impression.
~ Unknown
He was attired like an asshole, which is to say that he wore the long black tails, gray slacks, and top hat of an English gentleman or a nineteenth-century European nobleman, their refined manners and exquisite fashions suiting them perfectly for overseeing genocidal empires that looted nonwhite countries, enslaving and/or massacring their inhabitants, and sanctifying the results with the name "civilization.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Though manners makes, yet apparel shapes.
~ Unknown
In history people dressed much better than we do today.
~ Vivienne Westwood
Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress.
~ Scott McNealy
Everybody needs a killer LBD. If you're a woman, you should find that LBD that gives you that extra pep and confidence.
~ Zac Posen
saddle, brushes down my gown, hands me my hat
~ Philippa Gregory