Waris Ahluwalia Quotes

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

The locale does not determine the dress code; the host does.

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

I was raised in a very Middle Eastern household, and modesty was very important, and dressing to not be desirable or provocative was very important.

I was always taught how to dress for the occasion.

French women will always look up at a man, even if he is four inches shorter than she is.

A suit is a sign of respect.

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

I like things that are civilized.

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

If a community decides this is how you're going to dress and these are the punishments, who are we to say different?

Writers on etiquette receive a continuous flow of questions on subjects such as 'When is it too early in the season to wear white accessories?' and 'What is the proper gift to send to a family in mourning?'

I'm not a fan of underdressing, I think it's better to be overdressed than underdressed.

You can't buy class.

There are times to be casual and times to be correct. It's all right to wear a sweater and slacks on a picnic, but they don't belong in the theater or the drawing room.

Wearing a suit can seem like a somewhat archaic gesture, a concession to formality in a determinedly casual age.

If I'm going to a fancy event, I try to be princess-like.

Americans are locked into our traditions.

The hat is not for the street: it will never be democratized. But there are certain houses that one cannot enter without a hat. And one must always wear a hat when lunching with people whom one does not know well. One appears to one's best advantage.

Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing. Turn out your toes as you walk. And remember who you are!