Apparel quotes

“Glenn Ford decided I should learn to smoke a cigar. I did and threw up. Then he put my cowboy hat under his horse to 'christen it'.”
Shirley MacLaine On Glenn Ford

“- Elevator Passenger: Let me give you a card.
- Spider-Man: I don't have any pockets.”

Hal Sparks - Elevator Passenger
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man

When I came to LA five years ago, I was shocked: all the women dressed like hookers. And part of me was happy: you know, I'd say to my wife "Honey, why don't you buy a pair of those pants — those skintight whore pants the Brentwood housewives are wearing".

David O. Russell

“You gotta dress for the job you want, not the job you got.”
Bernie Mac - Mitch Gilliam

“I'm gonna tell you something. It's not cool to wear those tank tops anymore. Unless you're wearing it ironically or something.”
Bradley Cooper - Alex Dmitri

“Why am I wearing this outfit in a jungle? Tiny, little shorts and a leather halter top. I mean, what is this?”

Karen Gillan - Martha

“- Big Boy Caprice: Around me, if a woman don't wear mink, she don't wear nuttin'.
- Breathless Mahoney: Well, I look good both ways.”
Al Pacino - Big Boy Caprice
Madonna - Breathless Mahoney

“- Ruby Roundhouse: Could I borrow your jacket? I feel like I'm wearing a bikini.
- Professor Shelly Oberon: I once wore a bikini to school.”
Karen Gillan - Martha
Jack Black - Bethany

“I came out here with one suit and everybody said I looked like a bum. Twenty years later Marlon Brando came out with only a sweatshirt and the town drooled over him. That shows how much Hollywood has progressed.”
Humphrey Bogart

“Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can get fired by someone wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
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Steve Martin

“In Hollywood, unknown actors wear sunglasses in the hope of being mistaken for knowns.”
Richard R. Grant

“Geisha needs an elegant wardrobe, just like an artists needs ink. If she is not properly dressed, than she is not a true geisha.”
Tsai Chin - Auntie

“- Frank Bannister: Why is it that flies stick to you guys like shit to a blanket?
- Cyrus: Ha ha, very funny. You're a funny guy, Frank. You know, all you think about is yourself. I could complain, too, you know. I would like some new clothes. You get to dress nice. Here I am still looking like Linc from The Mod Squad.
- Frank Bannister: You...” (continue)(continue reading)

Michael J. Fox - Frank Bannister
Chi McBride - Cyrus

“- Frankie: Um, excuse me. Um, I don't mean to be rude, but is that a paper bag that you're wearing?
- Celestrial: Ah, well, as a matter of fact, it is. I'm a designer/astrologist. Trust, I believe in all that cosmic carrying on, and woo-la-la. Cluck!”

Duane Martin - Frankie
Lina Bradford - Celestrial

- Robin Monroe: What are you looking at?
- Quinn Harris: Nothing.
- Robin Monroe: Something.
- Quinn Harris: Nothing.
- Robin Monroe: Oh, don't give me that, you were ogling.
- Quinn Harris: Ogling? Let me ask you something. When you go into a department store to buy something like that what do you say to the clerk “give me that outfit so no one... (continue)(continue reading)
Anne Heche - Robin Monroe
Harrison Ford - Quinn Harris

“Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.”
Loretta Young

“I'd rather kill myself than dress like Victoria Beckham in towering heels day after day.”
Britt Ekland On Victoria Beckham

“Can't trust a woman in a pants suit. Men wear the pants. The world doesn't need anymore Hillary Clintons.”
Chris Cooper - Robert Hanssen

“The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans.”
Dylan McDermott

“I liked wearing the '50s wardrobe. It was hard in the beginning. The first shows I wore regular young girl dresses. Then a little later I got to wear the poodle skirts and such.”
Erin Moran

“- M. Gustave: Oh, dear God, what have you done to your fingernails?
- Madame D.: I beg your pardon?
- M. Gustave: This diabolical varnish; the color is completely wrong!
- Madame D.: Oh really? Don't you like it?
- M. Gustave: It's not that I don't like it; I am physically repulsed.”
Ralph Fiennes - M. Gustave
Tilda Swinton - Madame D.

“- Holly Goodhead: Have you broken something?
- James Bond: Only my tailor's heart.”

Lois Chiles - Holly Goodhead
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond

“- Eric Lamonsoff: Whoa. Okay, you sure you want to go with those boots, honey? I know you bedazzled them yourself. I'm just wondering if they'll attract too much attention, you know, from outer space.
- Donna Lamonsoff: It's the last day of school, and Mom said I'm free to express myself.
- Eric Lamonsoff: Oh, building the confidence right there...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kevin James - Eric Lamonsoff
Ada-Nicole Sanger - Donna Lamonsoff

“- Mona: I wanna go home, fix my hair, put on a beautiful face of makeup, the best dress I own, then take it all off and go to sleep.
- Nadine: Fun!”
Kyra Sedgwick - Mona
Hailee Steinfeld - Nadine

“- Beverly Young: Are you coming to my wedding?
- Kit McDermott: Oh, I don't... I don't have anything to wear.
- Beverly Young: That's okay.
- Kit McDermott: You mean I don't have to wear anything?”
Daphne Zuniga - Beverly Young
Dermot Mulroney - Kit McDermott