- Nov 07, 2020
Dress Quotes
On wardrobes, style, and dressing your own way.
This set covers dress in the fashion sense - a favorite designer wrap dress, and a wardrobe built from flea-market finds and closets full of costumes. Related reading: Dresses.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I die, I want to be buried in a long long-sleeve black Ralph Lauren dress and brown chunky boots. I want my hair styled like his models, long hair that flows. I also want natural makeup with a light pink lip.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Offshoring is like the winter. You don't ask if it is good or bad - you ask what do you do about it. The answer is you dress warmly.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know why I've always been uncomfortable being too feminine. If a dress has too many flowers on it, if I'm giggling too much, I'm like ugh, put some combat boots on. I love masculine women. I think it's because I'm like a fake lesbian, I don't know.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In schools, if you go to teach kids with less interest in music the nuances of music, they feel deviated, as it is very technical. But teaching them songs, to begin with, creates a natural desire in them to know the other country, their eating habits, the way they dress up, how they look, and other things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.
- Random
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal style is kind of random; it's always changing - I'm a Pisces! Sometimes I like one particular style for a season, and the next season I will dress totally different.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a fashion victim, and I don't closely follow trends. I dress the way I feel comfortable because, at the end of the day, you have to be comfortable.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
We play make-believe and dress up for a living. One goes, one doesn't go, whatever. I don't understand how you can get bitter or jaded. We're just so lucky to get to do this.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020