Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone. – Georg Simmel
To be a fashionable woman is to know yourself, know what you represent, and know what works for you. To be “in fashion” could be a disaster on 90 percent of women. You are not a page out of Vogue. – Author Unknown
The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize. – Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. – Philip Dormer Stanhope
His clothes fit him so ill, and constrain him so much, that he seems rather their prisoner than their proprietor. – Philip Dormer Stanhope
She had the loaded handbag of someone who camps out and seldom goes home, or who imagines life must be full of emergencies. – Mavis Gallant
Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. – Elsa Schiaparelli
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit. – Frederick G. Banting
There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress. – Joseph Addison
I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules, Including: Both of your socks should always be the same color, Or they should at least both be fairly dark. – Dave Barry
Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. – William Hazlitt, On the Clerical Character, 1819
A nudist is simply a human being without artificial additives. – Author Unknown
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare. – William Arnot
I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me – American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much. – Andrée Putman
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul. – Mark Twain
A part of this strangeness of dress is that it links the biological body to the social being, and public to private. – Elizabeth Wilson
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. – Edna Woolman Chase
A skirt is no obstacle to extemporaneous sex, but it is physically impossible to make love to a girl while she is wearing trousers. – Helen Lawrenson
Did you hear about the Scottish drag queen? He wore pants. – Lynn Lavner
