Apparel Quotes

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. Could you, in such a case, tell surely of any company of civilized men which belonged to the most respected class?

Many a women who thinks she has purchased a dress for the ridiculous price has actually bought it for an absurd figure.

In these days Gertrude Stein wore a brown corduroy suit, jacket and skirt, a small straw cap, always crocheted for her by a woman in Fiesole, sandals, and she often carried a cane… This costume was ideal for Spain, they all thought of her as belonging to some religious order and we were always treated […]

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.

What a man enjoys about a woman’s clothes are his fantasies of how she would look without them.

If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much.