quotations about clothes
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
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Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
And the girls in their summer clothes
In the cool of the evening light
The girls in their summer clothes
Pass me by
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes", Magic
Her polish'd limbs,
Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
JAMES THOMSON
"Autumn", The Seasons
See where she comes, apparell'd like the spring.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Whatsoever sensibly exists, whatsoever represents spirit to spirit, is properly a clothing, a suit of raimant, put on for a season, and to be laid off. Thus in this one pregnant subject of clothes, rightly understood, is included all that men have thought, dreamed, done, and been: the whole external Universe and what it holds is but clothing; and the essence of all science lies in the philosophy of clothes.
THOMAS CARLYLE
Sartor Resartus
Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.
ALEXANDER WANG
"25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time", Glamour, September 21, 2011
Dressing is a way of life. It brings you joy. It can give you freedom and liberation, help you to find yourself and to move without restraint. Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983
They are just clothes, shoes, and bags, you could say. And people do say it, day after day. But I think they are more than just clothes, shoes, and bags. They are a large part of a woman's character and tell us a bit of her story without saying a word.
NINA GARCIA
The Little Black Book of Style
You said it was over
But your clothes say different on my bedroom floor
LIAM PAYNE
"Bedroom Floor"
Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
JOHN FLETCHER
The Honest Man's Fortune
You wash them clothes
Swee dee dee
And hang 'em on the line
I can see by the way
You wash them clothes
Your cookin' must be fine
CAT POWER
"Sweedeedee"
The Emperor's got no clothes on
No clothes?
That can't be
He's the Emperor
CAROLE KING
"One Small Voice", Speeding Time
Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters.
ANNE HOLLANDER
Seeing Through Clothes
I, who love woman, wanted to give her clothes in which she could be comfortable, in which she could drive a car, yet at the same time clothes that emphasized her femininity, clothes that flowed with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.
COCO CHANEL
attributed, Mademoiselle Chanel
I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983
Because they share the perpetually idealizing vision of art, clothes must be seen and studied as paintings are seen and studied--not primarily as cultural by-products or personal expressions but as connected links in a creative tradition of image-making.
ANNE HOLLANDER
Seeing Through Clothes
I find people better looking without clothes than with clothes. You can go to a gym and go to a steam room and you see someone and think, He's really handsome. Then he puts on his clothes. Some weird pants. A thumb ring. Some weird socks. And it's gone!
TOM FORD
Vanity Fair, Mar. 2006
Clothes are like an extension of our bodies, an outer skin, and so the day-in, day-outers find it reassuring to stick to the same outfit.
NAOKI HIGASHIDA
The Reason I Jump
She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Polite Conversation
A dress has no meaning unless it makes a man want to take it off.
FRANÇOISE SAGAN
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes