100 Quotes About Dress

My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my neck. He kept going until he reached the bottom of the dress’s V-neck. I let out a small gasp, and he kissed all around the neckline, just enough to tease. Richelle Mead

Fashion doesn't make you perfect, but it makes you pretty. Amit Kalantri

Ladies should also remember that gentlemen look more to the effect of a dress in setting off the figure and countenance of a lady than to its cost. Very few gentlemen have any idea the value of ladies' dresses. This is a subject for female criticism. Beauty of person and elegance of manners in women will always command more admiration from the opposite sex than beauty, elegance or costliness of clothing." The Scholars' Companion and Ball Room Vade MecumThomas Hillgrove, 1857. Thomas Hillgrove

I don't want them to think that we dress like savages, ' she replied, with a scorn that Pocahontas might have resented; and he was struck again by the religious reverence of even the most unworldly American women for the social advantages of dress.' It's their armour, ' he thought, 'their defence against the unknown, and their defiance of it.' And he understood for the first time the earnestness with which May, who was incapable of tying a ribbon in her hair to charm him, had gone through the solemn rite of selecting and ordering her extensive wardrobe. Edith Wharton

I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna was pretty risqué too, but she was pretty much always known as a "bad girl." Mariah was a good girl, supposedly Christian, turning very bad, in the late 90's. So then, all the other little girls and teens and women across America thought it would be ok for them to "come out" too essentially, or flaunt whatever they had. Modesty went completely out the window for many women, starting in the late 90's. . Lisa Bedrick

The beauty of the soul enfold in spiritual-life. Lailah Gifty Akita

Jewelry maybe is more expensive than clothes, but clothes are more important than jewelry. Amit Kalantri

Your clothes should be as important as your skin. Amit Kalantri

Never has it been inappropriate for a girl to wear a red dress. Caroline George

True blessing comes in the dress of sweats, never delaying to wave bye to the excuses and procrastination. True blessing lies in hard work! Israelmore Ayivor

Work like an angel, dress like a demon, live like a ghost, and dream like a human. Rebecca McKinsey

Failure is blessing wrapped in the clothing of curse. Craig D. Lounsbrough

The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion. Lailah Gifty Akita

I plan to be a sinner tonight. Could've been something else, but looked way too good in my red dress to be anything Christian. Alysia Harris

People who insist upon dressing casually also want to think casually. And in a fallen world, thinking casually means being wrong more often than not. Douglas Wilson

There's no difference between a madman and a professor...it should be clear to you in the way they dress, act and think. Michael Bassey Johnson

Beautiful storms dressed in women's clothing. Jenim Dibie

We dress ourselves up in lies, So that the nakedness of truth doesn't come out. Anthony T. Hincks

Graceful beauty is a modest appearance. Lailah Gifty Akita

The red lipstick? It's supposed to signal fertility and readiness to mate. Just like the swollen red butt of a baboon. That tight-fitting little dress that shows off your curves? From the standpoint of evolutionary biology, big breasts represent a healthy mate who can feed a lot of offspring. That's why men are programmed to like big tits. When you show off your curves, what you're really doing is advertising to the whole world: "Look at me! I'm a healthy female! I'd be a perfect mate! Come mount me! . Oliver Markus

You look incredible, Kavanagh, ” Quinn whispered close to my ear. “Are you trying to kill me?”“ Ssshhh, ” I hissed. “They’re going to hear you.”“ I can’t tell my date she’s beautiful?” I turned my head. “No. No, you can’t. Laura Anderson Kurk

The way you dress is how you greet the sun and other stars. Kamand Kojouri

I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art. Helena Bonham Carter

Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls drink like their fathers and boys dress like their mothers. Habeeb Akande

The shears found his throat this time. He fell down on top of them and was silent. Something dark like mucilage glistened where he lay. She had jumped back - not in remorse, but to keep the bottom of her skirt clear of his blood. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight") Cornell Woolrich

Your red dress, ’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now. Jean Rhys

I had a dream about you. We were married and I walked into the room to see you in my new black dress and high heels and I said "That's not what I meant when I said I bought them for you". Georgia Saratsioti

Sometimes she walks through the village in herlittle red dressall absorbed in restraining herself, and yet, despite herself, she seems to moveaccording to the rhythm of her life to come. She runs a bit, hesitates, stops, half-turns around..and, all while dreaming, shakes her headfor or against. Then she dances a few stepsthat she invents and forgets, no doubt finding out that lifemoves on too fast. It's not so much that she steps outof the small body enclosing her, but that all she carries in herselffrolics and ferments. It's this dress that she'll rememberlater in a sweet surrender;when her whole life is full of risks, the little red dress will always seem right. Rainer Maria Rilke

Anna Wintour hadn't been to any of McQueen's shows, and McQueen didn't like it. McQueen said American Vogue could borrow the dress only if they flew it to New York and back, in its own seat, with an escort. It was a fuck-you and they took it, and the dress was shot by Richard Avedon. "Fashion people haven't got any brains, " McQueen said. Maureen Callahan

Adorn yourself with modest dressing. Lailah Gifty Akita

It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names. James Fenimore Cooper

Humility is the best dress you can wear Treasure Stitches

Aside from infrequent comments ("Cheer up, love, " or "It's not Hallo'ween"), no one wondered why a teenager was dressed up as a chic governess. Sylvie approved of Miri, even at the same time as she was confused by her. "It's a style at least, " she said, and took off her rope of pearls and looped them around Miri's neck. Helen Oyeyemi

There's a girl in this dress, there's always a girl in distress. Elvis Costello

That dress was designed to be a kill switch for rational thought. Kelly Moran

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business. Vera Wang

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners. Loretta Young

I am just as comfortable in sweats and sneakers as I am in a dress and heels. Attitude is everything! Blac Chyna

In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable. Bram Cohen

The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President. Andrew Card

I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love. Bernie Mac

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what I'm here for. Bootsy Collins

I love shopping; I'm a jeans and a T-shirt kind of girl, but I go classy when I dress up - with a little bit of sexy. Adrianne Palicki

I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and heels. It's fun! Maria Bello

I don't want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people, and how I am as a role model. I don't just want to be, 'He dresses cool' or 'He dresses crazy.' You're going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing. Rickie Fowler

How cool it is to see a bride walking down the aisle with a beautiful long gown with beautiful layers of tulle and organza, unveiling their mini dress at the party? Reem Acra

Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it's not about being 'cool, ' it's just being me - that's understanding your place and your center - that's what swagger is, and I guess that's where the soul comes from. Unknown

An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life. Jacques Prevert

When the NBA adopted their uniform that they had to wear, I thought that was very interesting. And you see the way NBA players dress: It's very cool. Tom Brady

My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, it was pretty cool, but I'm probably more conservative because of it. Drew Barrymore

Sports are supposed to be fun, and so I have fun with the way I dress. Craig Sager

Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress in disguise, carve out some space for experiments and accidents and all the combustible lab work of becoming who you are. Nancy Gibbs

To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Christmas figurines painted in gaudy colours, dress up in Bavarian lederhosen, and eat Haribo gummy bears. Rory MacLean

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty. Rashida Jones

My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, that's not realistic. Sarah Jessica Parker

I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.' Lorde

I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.' Kirsten Dunst

After months of preparation working with a stylist who explained to me how a fashion house runs and the process of making a dress, I developed a respect for the patience and skill it takes to design these dresses. Pierre Niney

I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black. Ellie Goulding

Obviously when you're a teen you have no money, so you make, like, three outfits out of one dress. You're like, 'OK cut the arms here. Alright: New party, cut them to here.' Unknown

Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps. Carine Roitfeld

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.' Tiger Woods

A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. Lord Byron

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. Randa AbdelFattah

Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom. Amitabh Bachchan

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. Elsa Schiaparelli

I always believe that to be the best, you have to smell like the best, dress like the best, act like the best. When you throw your trash in the garbage can, it has to be better than anybody else who ever threw trash in the garbage can. Lil Wayne

You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people. Alessia Cara

It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd wear heels every day, and I'd strut around in a dress, but that's not me. Alessia Cara

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. Robert South

I wanted to - any chance I had to dress up as a boy, like Halloween, I would be a pirate or a ghost that wore a tie. A hobo. Jane Lynch

There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.' Emilia Clarke

In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit! Bridgit Mendler

I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans. Maria Sharapova

On a normal day, I love a shift dress with flats and a little cropped jacket. That, for me, is my travel wear if it's not too chilly - you can throw a scarf over your legs if it's cold on the plane! Meghan Markle

I have a couple of go-to sneakers off the pitch. I like to have shoes that I can slip on and wear with anything. I travel often, so it's about finding those two or three pairs of shoes that can go with any outfit, whether they go with leggings or a skirt or a dress or jeans. Alex Morgan

I wore a $30 vintage wedding dress for my 8th birthday in an underground jazz club in Seattle. This was what I wanted. Dove Cameron

I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her dress split for my benefit, and there was Marilyn, and yes, indeed, she didn't wear any underwear. Mike Nichols

The Governors Ball is like a big birthday party, and all these stars are like excited kids running around - 'Oooo, look at my pretty new dress! ' And what's the best, most fun surprise at a birthday party? When the cake comes out! Sherry Yard

A 1920s dress I wore on my 21st birthday... literally disintegrated on me. I had the most wild debauched night. And that disintegrated dress sits in my closet - such a great memory. Liz Goldwyn

I'm not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I've never been to design school. I can't sketch. I can't cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf. Kate Moss

Whether it's an $11 flip-flop or a $2 key ring or a $2, 000 dress, they're all done with integrity. They're all done with a design sense. As long as the creativity exists, then I don't think it's a sellout. A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it. Marc Jacobs

With the clothes I design, I think about my friends, how I'd want them to dress, what I'd want them to wear. Jeremy Scott