Clothing Etiquette Quotes

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.

Never wear a button-down collared shirt with a double-breasted suit. The more formal double-breasted suit looks best with the more formal spread or long-point collar.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.

It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.

Should I pull on a shirt?" he asked with hint of amusement. I WILL NOT BLUSH. "No." He'd be doing the world a favor if he never wore a shirt again, but I wasn't going to tell him that part. "You're fine.

You can't dribble on bow ties.

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

My father was a graduate student at Oxford in the early 1960s, where the conventions and etiquette of clothing were crucial to the pervasive class consciousness of the place and time.

So, ah, I'm not sure if you know this, but you're not wearing a shirt." "Distracting, isn't it?

In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is.

If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.

Never wear a red t-shirt to Target. I enjoy helping people, but not every two minutes.

I'd love to say fashion faux pas differ from country to country, but they don't.

I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.

Fine! I'll throw on some clothes. Turn around. I'm in my pj's" "I'm a guy. That's like asking a kid not to glance at the candy counter.