We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer…

A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

— Emily Dickinson

“A precious, mouldering pleasure ’tis To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable hand…

— Emily Dickinson

Somewhere in the back of my brain there exists this certainty: The body is no more than a costume, and can be changed at…

— Marya Hornbacher

That's what my wardrobe room looks like. It's all costumes and props. It's ridiculous.

— Bridget Marquardt

I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women…

— Ralph Lauren

I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me.…

— Anais Nin

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.

— Ralph Lauren

I would've been a really good costume designer because, basically, my clothes were like costumes, and I wanted to be a dancer, so there's…

— Betsey Johnson

I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.

— Ginnifer Goodwin

I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.

— Lou Doillon

“It seemed too as if many of the people were on display, behaving as if they expected to be looked at, as if they…

— John Lanchester

I'm an actor, so I like costumes.

— Parker Posey

“The problem: If you've an antique for sale, then, sad to relate, the world isn't your oyster. It's not that easy. Even if somebody…

— Jonathan Gash

When I find something at a flea market or an antique store, it feels more special and I'm more inclined to want to wear…

— Erin Wasson

“For eyes we have no models in the remotely antique.”

— Edgar Allan Poe