110 Well Dressed Quotes

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Famous Well Dressed Quotes

The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart. — Oscar de la Renta

The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her. - Mary Quant

The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her. — Mary Quant

I dress to kill, but tastefully. - Freddie Mercury

I dress to kill, but tastefully. — Freddie Mercury

Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow. — Sebastian Horsley

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement. — Jil Sander

Fresh dress, like a million bucks, Put on the bally shoes and the fly green socks — Slick Rick

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. - Coco Chanel

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. — Coco Chanel

Not everybody is as bad as he is dressed. — Danish Proverbs

A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit. — Michael Kors

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. — Coco Chanel

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. — Oscar Wilde

Dress shabbily, they notice the dress. Dress impeccably, they notice the woman. - Coco Chanel

Dress shabbily, they notice the dress. Dress impeccably, they notice the woman. — Coco Chanel

It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding. — Christian Dior

You can never be overdressed or overeducated. — Oscar Wilde

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Short Well Dressed Quotes

  • Men with style are great because they have a sense of self. — Lexa Doig
  • The way you dress says a lot about you and your character. — 21 Savage
  • I'm really laid back but I still like to dress up sometimes. — Allyson Felix
  • A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world. — Louise Brooks
  • Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. — Charles Dickens
  • Dressing is a way of life. — Yves Saint Laurent
  • Handsome is as handsome does — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Handsome is that handsome does. — Henry Fielding
  • Better good manners than good looks. — Proverbs
  • A man's attire is only an outward projection of his inward self. — Chris Brown

Well Dressed Image Quotes

Well dressed quote The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measur
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.

Being Well Dressed Quotes

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. — Samuel Johnson

When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead. — Iris Apfel

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. — Marya Mannes

Well dressed quote Analyze your mistakes. You've already paid the tuition, you might as well get the lesson.
Analyze your mistakes. You've already paid the tuition, you might as well get the lesson.

It's better to be dead, or even perfectly well, than to suffer from the wrong affliction. The man who owns up to arthritis in a beri-beri year is as lonely as a woman in a last month's dress. — John Forbes Nash

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. — Diana Vreeland

I always feel that if you're gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it's in or it's chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It's better to be happy. — Iris Apfel

Well dressed quote Distance yourself from negativity or it will deplete your well of optimism.
Distance yourself from negativity or it will deplete your well of optimism.

Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense. — Oscar de la Renta

We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions. No woman can be well dressed unless she is comfortable in what she is wearing. — Bill Blass

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's more important to be happy than well-dressed. — Iris Apfel

Well-dressed Quotes

I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. — Alexander McQueen

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress. — Karl Lagerfeld

If you want to communicate something, youd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody. — Stefan Sagmeister

Well dressed quote I'd rather have a life of "oh wells" than a life of "what ifs".
I'd rather have a life of "oh wells" than a life of "what ifs".

People will stare. Make it worth their while. — Harry Winston

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better — Cary Grant

I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much. — Andree Putman

Well dressed quote Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed. — Samuel Johnson

You don't find a style. A style finds you — Keith Richards

Trendy is the last stage before tacky. — Karl Lagerfeld

It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well. — Iggy Pop

Dressed Up Quotes

We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music. — Albert Einstein

Islam doesn't try to destroy cultures; it cleans them up. You can keep your language but get rid of your racist speech. You can keep your style of cooking, but get rid of alcohol. You can keep your cultural dresses, but keep your modesty on the highest level. — Nouman Ali Khan

Helping others pulls us out of our own problems. And so does dressing up like frogs and playing leap frog in a Starbucks. Who would've known. — Misha Collins

Well dressed quote If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing. — Alexander Wang

She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot of those evenings was when we kids got dressed up to do a skit or something to amuse the guests. I loved it. — Louise Fletcher

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them. — Tracy Chapman

Well dressed quote When "i" is replaced by "we", even "illness" becomes "wellness".
When "i" is replaced by "we", even "illness" becomes "wellness".

Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into our relationships. It's funny, isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up in costumes and celebrate fear. — James Spader

I don't really like dressing up. Some people probably think actresses dress up everywhere they go. I'm in sweatpants half the time with my hair in a ponytail. — Selena Gomez

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money. — Wim Wenders

Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure. — Matsuo Basho

Dressing Up Quotes

I was the eldest daughter with these four beautiful younger sisters with ringlets and pretty faces, and I used to dress them up in Victorian clothes and take them out for the day and pretend they were mine. — Sadie Frost

When I was a little kid, my mother and I used to watch the Golden Globes and I would dress up and she would get sparkling apple cider and we would make a tray of hors doeuvres and watch it together. And I would get up and make a pretend speech. — Lea Michele

I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality. — Grayson Perry

Well dressed quote What maters most is how well you walk through the fire.
What maters most is how well you walk through the fire.

To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits. — Lorna Luft

No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus! — Dolly Parton

A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food. — John Harvey Kellogg

Well dressed quote Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life. — Chris Colfer

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up. — Vincent Cassel

I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up. — Yaya Han

I lay in my dressing room after being in make-up waiting to go on. They knew I was feeling pretty rotten and they tried to give me time to rest. But I couldn't sleep. I couldn't do anything. — Dick York

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More Well Dressed Quotes

Dressing well is a form of good manners. — Tom Ford

Style begins by looking good naked. It's a discipline. And if you don't dress well every day, you lose the habit. It's not about what you wear, but about how you live your life. — Sayings

Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well — Vivienne Westwood

The notion that most people want black-robed judges, well-dressed lawyers and fine-paneled courtrooms as the setting to resolve their disputes is not correct. People with problems, like people with pains, want relief, and they want it as quickly and inexpensively as possible. — Warren E. Burger

If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable. — Beau Brummell

These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri. — William Henry Ashley

A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on. — Oscar de la Renta

Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can. — Tom Ford

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice — W. Somerset Maugham

The thing is, dressing up, going to church, dropping a twenty in the offering plate, those things are all well and good, but that doesn't make you a Christian. — Matthew West

I think British men build up the idea of us French girls having some magic extra sex appeal so much, they lose their heads. I can't really understand the whole thing - but it makes me laugh. It's such a cliche to think all French girls are well dressed, elegant, sophisticated and sexy. Some are utter slobs, I promise you that. — Sayings

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. — Coco Chanel

I tried on the farmer's hat, Didn't fit. . . A little too small - just a bit Too floppy. . . . . I tried on the summer sun, Felt good. Nice and warm - knew it would. Tried the grass beneath bare feet, Felt neat. Finally, finally felt well dressed, Nature's clothes fit me best. — Shel Silverstein

People buy very badly made furniture and fabric. Instead, buy a beautiful dining table, well-made upholstery. It's almost like dressing for success. — Michael S. Smith

The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance. — Harry Houdini

To appear well dressed, be skinny and tall. — Mason Cooley

Next to knowing how to dress well, fire is one of the most important bush skills there are, because it is one of the few means available to make up most great deficiencies. — Mors Kochanski

It's better to be happy and comfortable than well dressed. — Iris Apfel

Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life...And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost. — Betty Smith

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