Quote by Libba Bray

“You get into trouble the way debutantes get into ball gowns.”

— Alyxandra Harvey

“Some of the ladies will put on their fanciest dresses to watch the interview with Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima. Out of respect. Their…

— Hendrik Groen

“In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiring underneath over-decorated tea-cosies and with…

— Jodi Taylor

Simplicity survives the changes of fashion. Women of chic are wearing now dresses they bought from me in 1936. Fit the century, forget the year.

— Valentina

“Much of the clothing is moth-eaten, but I can see what they once were. A skirt with a beaded pattern of pomegranates, another that…

— Holly Black

“There, display and extravagance, in dress, in furniture, in costly entertainments, are startling. They seem to push you back into a corner, like a…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“It is a three-piece affair, everything quilted, long jacket, waistcoat, and trousers, which have Feet at the ends of them, all in striped silk,…

— Thomas Pynchon

“Perhaps fashion is just a reinforcement of a lady’s chastity, in hopes that the interested party may lose interest and abandon any deflowering attempts…

— Mackenzi Lee

“From the half-open doors of this chiffonier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine…

— Djuna Barnes

Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.

— Yves Saint Laurent

“Above everything, remember that we should dress to live and not live to dress. If you go riding on a wet day, you will…

— Nicholas Storey

“Slim young women were swathed in chic black dresses, here to attend a ceremony in one of the hotel’s many reception rooms. They wore…

— Haruki Murakami