Subject: Appearance » Clothing (Page 9)

Falsies: Making mountains out of molehills.

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

An income tax form is like a laundry list – either way you lose your shirt.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet

I have a vest; if I had my arms cut off, it would be a jacket.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

Fashion: A make-work program to get women to buy new clothes for no real reason before the old clothes wear out.

There are two times in a woman’s life when clothes are important: when she is young and when she is old.

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Women’s styles may change, but their designs remain the same.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

… an old man who dresses like a Hooter’s waitress.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Girdle: The difference between fact and figure.

That top has paid off in free drinks 10 times what I originally paid for it.

(1985 – ) American actress

She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

Tube Dress: A dress which is an extended boob tube.

A bikini is like a barbed-wire fence… it protects the property without obstructing the view.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war… just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry – for the clothes.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

The same dress is indecent ten years before its time; daring one year before its time; chic in its time; dowdy five years after its time; hideous twenty years after its time; amusing thirty years after its time; romantic one hundred years after its time; beautiful one hundred and fifty years after its time.

(1899 – 1975) English fashion designer & critic