Quotes about Gowns

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. Votes: 4

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Votes: 4

My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging. Votes: 4

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes."[The Rectorial Address Delivered by James M. Barrie at St. Andrew's University May 3, 1922, to the Red Gowns of St. Andrews, Canada, 1922] Votes: 3

Thought and knowledge are natures in which apparatus and pretension avail nothing. Gowns, and pecuniary foundations, though of towns of gold, can never countervail the least sentence or syllable of wit. Forget this, and out American colleges will recede in their public importance whilst they grow richer every year. Votes: 3

I like free gowns. Votes: 2

She has a wash and wear bridal gown. Votes: 2

Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown? Votes: 2

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Votes: 2

I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns! Votes: 2

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Votes: 2

Breaking News: Winds so strong in NYC The Statue of Liberty's gown just blew off! Votes: 2

I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset. Votes: 2

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. Votes: 2

Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet. Votes: 2

A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown... Votes: 2

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. Votes: 2

It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors. Votes: 2

I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. Votes: 2

I love to wear my own Jade Jagger ball gowns. I love their timeless elegance, of course with my own jewelry. Votes: 2

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. Votes: 2

And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love') Votes: 2

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear! Votes: 2

Try everything on, even gowns that you don't think you'll love. You might be surprised and fall in love with a gown that you weren't drawn to at first. Votes: 2

People wouldn't know this about me, but I adore ball gowns. I love their cut, their architecture and the thought of the hands of so many seamstresses working on them. Votes: 2

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business. Votes: 2

You look invincible,' my mother said one night. I loved these times, when we seemed to feel the same thing. I turned to her, wrapped in my thin gown, and said: I am. Votes: 2

If I didn't teach the aerobics class, I wouldn't come, and I need to stay in shape. I've got a whole wardrobe of sleeveless dresses and strapless gowns, not to mention the short skirts. Votes: 2

I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things. Votes: 2

We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns. Votes: 2

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it. Votes: 2

I like being done up! I love going to events and wearing fabulous gowns. I like hitting that spot of doing what feels good for me. If it makes other people happy, great; if it doesn't, then that's great, too! Votes: 2

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules. Votes: 2

I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day. Votes: 2

Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land. Votes: 2

Our wild boar shoot at our home in Germany is always a riot because we invite lots of friends. We spend the day out in the woods, but then we get all dressed up in long gowns to dance around in the evenings. Votes: 2

When I see old movies with women in floor-length dressing gowns, or when they're going to the store and they've got a pillbox hat with a net over the eyes and white gloves, I'm offended that I can't go to the store like that. Votes: 2

The wardrobe? It was so full of gowns that he didn't think he could cram himself inside. Besides, it would be awkward if the maid came in to lay out a gown for dinner and grabbed Oliver instead of the blue silk with lace sleeves. Votes: 2

Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world - that's how I feel. Votes: 2

I don't want to start producing dressing gowns and cuff links with the Purdey name stamped on them. Making Purdey the leading gunmaker is our priority. Once we have succeeded in doing that, then we might look at some accessories, but it is a long haul. Votes: 2

Tailor your space to your needs. In one closet, I have upper and lower rods for skirts, pants and tops. The second is all shelves for bags and linens. In the third, there's just one rod for suits and dresses. To hang evening gowns, I use hooks on the ceiling. Votes: 2

The elements that create glamour are not specific styles - bias-cut gowns or lacquered furniture - but more general qualities: grace, mystery, transcendence. To the right audience, Halle Berry is more glamorous commanding the elements as Storm in the X-Men movies than she is walking the red carpet in a designer gown. Votes: 2

Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion. Votes: 2

Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn't want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate. Votes: 2

This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet. Votes: 2

I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting. Votes: 2

I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Votes: 2

We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives. Votes: 2

What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary. On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown. And then proceed with your day. Votes: 2

Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason. Votes: 2

Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns. Votes: 0

How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns! Votes: 0

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Votes: 0

And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires. Votes: 0

Elizabeth Kennedy is so chic. Her gowns have such structure, I feel like a work of art. Votes: 0

Even as zombies, ridiculous prom gowns were the downfall of teenage girls, crippling them at the knees. Votes: 0

He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true. Votes: 0

The youth choir is up onstage now, in flowing white gowns, and they're singing something in the key of goose-bumps. Votes: 0

I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy. Votes: 0

I love the tradition of changing gowns throughout the reception. I know it's a little extravagant, but why not - it's your moment. Votes: 0

So don't. Come hang out with me at work. We can play naughty dress up with the hospital gowns and rearrange the supply closets. Votes: 0

I hate gowns. It's a rare gown indeed that is cool. Most are elegant or whatever, a quality I don't put a big premium on. Votes: 0

You're very short, aren't you?" She smirked at Petunia"And you've got a nose like a stoat," Petunia replied"But at least I can always have my gowns altered. Votes: 0

You're very short, aren't you?" She smirked at Petunia. "And you've got a nose like a stoat," Petunia replied. "But at least I can always have my gowns altered. Votes: 0

Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him. Votes: 0

When I went to Hollywood in 1927, the girls were wearing lumpy sweaters and skirts. I was wearing sleek suits and half naked beaded gowns and piles and piles of furs. Votes: 0

Hollywood liberals could not be reached for comment on the cost of the inauguration because they were being fitted for gowns and jewelry worth millions of dollars in anticipation of Oscar night. Votes: 0