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Clothes Quotes

What we wear, buy, and sometimes can't stop buying.

This clothes quotes page leans into the pure pleasure and occasional excess of dressing well, from a tax perk on buying clothes to a closet quite literally overflowing. One quote also compares cultural attitudes toward modesty in clothing between Chinese and American women. See Fashion for the broader style angle.

The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

I want my clothes, my stores, everything I design to have that feeling of being natural and easy. And that takes effort, but you try not to have it show.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

What it means to look like a woman or man changes regionally - from mannerisms to clothes to posture to makeup to even your vocals - so I just observe, and I replicate.

Quotes by Rain Dove

I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.

Quotes by Rachel Zoe

I'm a Virgo and I'm more - I don't want to say 'negative' - but I'm the girl who thinks no one's coming to my birthday party, no one's buying my clothes, no one's reading my book, no one's watching...

Quotes by Rachel Zoe

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.

Quotes by Rachel Roy

When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.

Quotes by Rachel Roy

If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit.

Quotes by Rachael Taylor

You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.

Quotes by Rachael Ray

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.

Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller

Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.

Quotes by Queen Rania of Jordan

My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Hollywood celebrity. There is a designer for everyone, and a celebrity for every designer.

Quotes by Prabal Gurung

Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone.

Quotes by Prabal Gurung

For my first big Fashion Week event, the factory wouldn't give me my clothes because I didn't have the $25,000 it cost to make them.

Quotes by Prabal Gurung

I don't like baggy clothes.

Quotes by Playboi Carti

I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity. I try to offer clothes that allow that. I myself do not like being defined so readily, so...

Quotes by Phoebe Philo

I never had a massive desire to buy clothes. I liked to customise the clothes I already had or was given when I was younger. If I didn't like them that much, I made them how I wanted them to...

Quotes by Phoebe Philo

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different attitudes toward clothes show up in these quotes?
They range from enjoying a tax-deductible clothing allowance, to loving clothes but hating the shopping process, to a closet overflowing with clothes, to cultural comparisons around modesty. For more on style and fashion sense, see our Fashion quotes.
Is there a quote about a tax-deductible clothing allowance?
Yes — it says, "I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance."
Does one quote admit to loving clothes but hating shopping for them?
Yes. It says, "I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear." For more thoughts specifically on clothing, check our Clothing quotes.
Is there a quote about having too many clothes?
Yes — it says, "Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!" For related quotes about fabric and material, browse our Cloth quotes.
Does one quote compare clothing modesty across cultures?
Yes, it says, "Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh." For more on how people dress and present themselves, see our Clothed quotes.

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