My closet is a sea of black pants, skirts, tops, and bags, so it's great to come across a brand that makes… — Amanda Hearst Copy Share Image
It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling… — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
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Whatever power there is in the urban pictures is bound to the closeness with which they skirt banality. For a shot to… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I… — Hani Furstenberg Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to intergenerational tension, and it must have been strong in the 1920s: I wondered how Louise's [Brooks] generation of flappers… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
In women's shelters the kind of clothes that women are given to go to job interviews are all girl clothes: little heels,… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted people to laugh at what I was saying, not to be staring at my… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Miss Tarabotti was not certain if he was objecting to the kick or the scream, so she issued both again— with interest.… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
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Other problems confront women in power. One is fine but two's a crowd seems to be an unspoken rule when the one… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
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...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt.… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I bring myself innately to it, yeah. I bring those details as much as I - what I don't obsess over is,… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I'm feminine: I'm wearing a skirt, I own a bra. I think that whole big blonde look has been taken over by… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
No one ever told me when I was growing up that make-up and skirts were just for girls. If you're confident and… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
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When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being around men all the time. I'm going to start a band called Skirt with three girls and I'll… — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
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[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's… — Morley Safer Copy Share Image
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![“I'm drawn to intergenerational tension, and it must have been strong in the 1920s: I wondered how Louise's [Brooks] generation of flappers appeared to the women who came of age at the beginning of the century - wearing corsets, long skirts, and high collars.” quote by Laura Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/laura-moriarty-17531_age_i-m-drawn-to-intergenerational-tension-a_3004013.png)
![“I bring myself innately to it, yeah. I bring those details as much as I - what I don't obsess over is, there are certain ways I might've pushed it even a little more. For example, [to Warren] your accent. I know Warner Bros. at one point came in. I don't know, until you came to set, I know I wore…” quote by Vera Farmiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/vera-farmiga-3068_accents_i-bring-myself-innately-to-it-yeah-i-bri_2475567.jpg)
![“No one ever told me when I was growing up that make-up and skirts were just for girls. If you're confident and you own it, [the other kids] are fine with it...I've always supported the lifestyle that I will do what I please and deal with it.” quote by Dominic Monaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/dominic-monaghan-5520_deals_no-one-ever-told-me-when-i-was-growing-u_61140.jpg)
![“[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.” quote by Morley Safer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/morley-safer-17896_auntie_the-bbc-was-known-as-auntie-suggesting-s_689701.png)
