Men are more particular, and they're not going to grab something with a bodice-ripper cover on it. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
They always call 'Poldark' a 'bodice-ripper,' but I don't think a single bodice has ever been ripped. — Eleanor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
“had much luck, and she was down to the last one: a pale-green silk dress with a vine of tiny embroidered pink… — Julia London Copy Share Image
“Orlando curtseyed; she complied; she flattered the good man's humours as she would not have done had his neat breeches been a… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I grew up watching old musicals and seeing Ginger Rogers wearing a beautiful fitted bodice that had ostrich feathers. I love how… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
“Madeline stood before him in a gown of rich, emerald-green silk. The low-cut bodice did miraculous things for her bosom, and the… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Sir." Several expressions passed over Peabody's face before it went carefully blank. "That's a lovely dress, Lieutenant. Are you premiering a new… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“The last dress in the wardrobe was loosely wrapped in thin tissue paper that tore away at the slightest touch. Isabel was… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Our underclothes were woolen vests and knickers and an extraordinary, but apparently necessary, concoction called a liberty bodice, which had no freedom… — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Copy Share Image
“When a wisp of fog blew by her she laughed and reached out her hands to it. When the wind blew she… — Elliot Mabeuse Copy Share Image
“The high-waisted bodice had been cut quite low, much lower than anything she had ever worn before, and she had to resist… — Amanda Quick Copy Share Image
“When I meet a pretty girl and beg her: "Be so good as to come with me," and she walks past without… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Lillian moved forward to meet her, studying her with curiosity. They had met before, on infrequent occasions, and she found it strange… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She went alone to the vast room where the second-hand clothes were kept. Later, she thought it the happiest hour of her… — Martine Bailey Copy Share Image
“Why are you all buttoned up like that?" Cameron ran his gaze down the blackberry-shaped buttons of her bodice.[...] "You were happy… — Jennifer Ashley Copy Share Image
“Daisy was wearing a butter-yellow gown that wrapped tightly around her slender waist and pushed the small, pretty shapes of her breasts… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“The costumes of these two ladies seemed to me like the materialisation, snow-white or patterned with colour, of their inner activity, and,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“I think this dress will stun the nobility, and leave them stupefied with envy and lust," Madame Sandrine announced with relish. "I'm… — Kerrigan Byrne Copy Share Image
“The latest mode from Paris, the gown had a devastatingly low, square-cut bodice accentuated with the tiniest bit of sheer, gold trim… — Victoria Vane Copy Share Image
“While he gave Ella enormous credit for summing the situation so succinctly, part of him was still waiting for her to crumple… — Michelle Smart Copy Share Image
“Parking himself on the chaise lounge, he stared at the gown that Lassiter had handled so roughly. The fine satin was bunched… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“How they are all about, these gentlemen In chamberlains' apparel, stocked and laced, Like night around their order's star and gem And… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“This is the most beautiful dress I’ve ever worn,” she admitted, her eyes filling with light. It was not pure white, but… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“But whether I’m on deck or below it, I’ll never be far.” “Shall I take that as a promise? Or a threat?”… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Celaena knew the scarlet dress was a little scandalous. And she knew that it was definitely not appropriate for winter, given how… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image