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Quotes About Garment

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
~ Akhenaton
Later, Thuran also found it necessary to construct a similar primitive garment, so that, with their bare legs and heavily bearded faces, they looked not unlike reincarnations of two prehistoric progenitors of the human race. Thuran acted like one.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
The words came out slowly, haltingly, as if they had cost him a struggle. Nan had noticed before now that anger was too big a garment for him; it always hung on him in uneasy folds.
~ Edith Wharton
I put on my bathing suit—a hopelessly girlish and unflattering garment of sagging black wool
~ Rhys Bowen
Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?
~ Rick Riordan
The conditions of her life were in no way changed, but her whole existence was dulled, like a faded garment which seems to be no longer worth wearing.
~ Kate Chopin
Where's your dress?
~ Kate DiCamillo
knit and purl These stitches are the fundamentals of knitting and are the basis of every garment. The knit stitch is a series of flat, vertical loops that produces a knitted fabric face and the purl stitch is its reverse. One side is smooth, the other bumpy. Knit is what you show the world; purl is the soft, nubbly underside you keep close to the skin.
~ Kate Jacobs
Before I could ask, he caught sight of the garment in my hand. "In the name of bleeding Jesus, what are you sewing? Is that my shirt?" "It is, and I must say, it is in a deplorable state. But at least the material is quite good and will stand up to proper mending. Unfortunately, mending is not one of my skills," I said, holding up the shirt. Somehow I had managed to attach it to my own skirt, and I took up scissors to snip it free.
~ Deanna Raybourn
Ever since I'd met Edna Parker Watson, I tried to wear suits whenever possible. Among other lessons, that woman had taught me that a suit will always make you look more chic and important than a dress. And not too much jewelry! "A majority of the time," Edna said, "jewelry is an attempt to cover up a badly chosen or ill-fitting garment.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
I have always been surrounded by women with strong personality and feminine: my mother, my sister, my aunts, my friends. I am fascinated by the look they can have - simple details such as a step, a way of speaking, a gesture, a way of wearing a garment.
~ Jeanne Damas
Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
~ Imran Amed
I love a good corset.
~ Juliet Rylance
Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature.
~ L. M. Montgomery
Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.
~ Tariq Ramadan
Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
~ Samuel Smiles
Your body is only a garment chosen and worn by your Soul. Have no doubts, but some day your Soul will discard it, and exchange it for a new garment, just like you change your shirts, my friend. Don't fall in love with that temporary garment, and get acquainted with its owner, your Soul.
~ Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
~ Martha Graham
Sweater , n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
~ Ambrose Bierce
For me, it's all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi's bought later on.
~ Mac DeMarco
The Savior at his sermon on the mount,Saint Praxed in a glory, and one PanReady to twitch the Nymph's last garment off.
~ Robert Browning
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
To wear a beautiful new garment is like wearing a new idea, and I see them as the same thing. Opening my closet is a form of meditation. I pick whatever I feel is right for the day.
~ Neri Oxman