Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, (methinks) how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free; Oh, how that glittering taketh me!
Clothes Quotes
The saleswoman was determined I buy a fur coat that did “wonders for madam – it’s so slimming.” It looked vast and weighed a ton. In despair, I turned to my husband, but it was our four-year-old who saved the day. “Oh, Mommy, it’s beautiful,” he said. “You look just like a gorilla!”
When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in a sock. So I stopped wearing socks.
Those hot pants of hers were so damned tight, I could hardly breathe.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self… So the hell with it. If you find me so repulsive, then look for a boyfriend who is more appealing to female tastes. But I will continue to be unconcerned about it, which surely has the advantage […]
I know it is a sin, For me to sit and grin, At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
Dress has a moral effect on the conduct of mankind. Let any gentleman find himself with dirty boots, old surtout, soiled neckcloth and a general negligence of dress, he will in all probability find a corresponding disposition by negligence of address.
Before he was summoned back to Lake Geneva, he had appeared, shy but inwardly glowing, in his first long trousers, set off by a purple accordion tie and a “Belmont” collar with the edges unassailably meeting, purple socks, and handkerchief with a purple border peeping from his breast pocket. But more than that, he had […]
With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread – Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. She sang the Song of the Shirt.
