Clothing Proverbs
Sayings about Clothing
Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose. ~ Filipino Proverbs
As soon as a man gets new trousers, he thinks about a new wife. ~ Iranian Proverbs
The rich man may wear old clothes. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
If you stay at home you won’t wear out your shoes. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Not everyone who wears spurs owns a horse. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Do not measure another man's coat on your body. ~ Malay Proverbs
The prettiest of shoes makes a sorry hat. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. ~ Gaelic Proverbs
Black souls wear white shirts. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
He who wears a smile instead of worrying is always the strongest. ~ Japanese Proverb
Our last garment is made without pockets. ~ Italian Proverbs
When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart. ~ Russian Proverbs
An insult is but a short garment: it reveals the one who wears it. ~ Arabian Proverbs
It is better to wear out one’s shoes than one’s sheets. ~ Italian Proverb
A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes. ~ Japanese Proverb
When a man is wealthy he may wear an old cloth. ~Ghanaian Proverb
One cannot make a fur coat from a "Thank you." ~ Russian Proverb
Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes. ~ Sicilian Proverbs
Some men wonder over God's values, others over the cut of a garment. ~ Afghan Proverbs
A good name is more valuable than a velvet garment. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation. ~ Russian Proverb
Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing. ~ Beninese Proverbs
The forest is the poor man's overcoat. ~ New England Proverb
The most important thing you wear is the expression on your face. ~ Saying
Don’t throw away your old shoes until you have a new pair. ~ German Proverbs
To be a fashionable woman is to know yourself, know what you represent, and know what works for you. ~ Saying
Whoever has only one garment does not wash it when it rains. ~ African Proverb
In a garment made of silk there are no fleas. ~ Estonian Proverbs
The needle is small, but it sews expensive garments. ~ Romanian Proverbs
Borrowed garments never fit well. ~ Traditional Proverb
Be skeptical; long garments can also hide big feet. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The coat is quite new, only the holes are old. ~ Russian Proverb
When you are polite, the others think they are wearing flowers. ~ Japanese Proverb
Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~ Latin Proverbs
He who is covered with other people’s clothes is naked. ~ Tunisian Proverbs
Clothes don’t tell the character of the man, but they just as well talk for him as against him. ~ Saying
They are not all men who wear trousers. ~ Estonian Proverb
They come into the courtroom in a suit and leave with no trousers. ~ Russian Proverb
Under a ragged coat lies wisdom. ~ Romanian Proverb
The dog will always attack the one with torn trousers. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
Those who wear pearls do not know how often the shark bites the leg of the diver. ~ African Proverb
Women have long skirts and short minds. ~ Romanian Proverb
My skin is closer to me than my shirt is. ~ Basque Proverb
How to dress? When the money is going from you wear anything you like. When the money is coming to you, dress your best. ~ Traditional Proverb
Clothes cover up character. ~ Jamaican Proverbs
Quotations about Clothing
Fashions fade, but style is eternal. ~ Yves Saint-LaurentGood clothes open all doors. ~ Thomas Fuller
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches. ~ John Locke
Fashions are born and they die too quickly for anyone to learn to love them. ~ Bettina Ballard
Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. ~ Henrik Ibsen
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. ~ Edna W. Chase
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. ~ Thomas Fuller
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt. ~ Navjot Singh Sidhu
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect. ~ Samuel Johnson
If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt. ~ Francis Picabia
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best. ~ Phineas Fletcher
Fashion is like the id. It makes you desire things you shouldn’t. ~ Bob Morris
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ~ Oscar Wilde
The dress does not make the monk. ~ Francois Rabelais
Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too. ~ Rita Ora
Fashion wears out more clothes than the man. ~ William Shakespeare
Dress to please yourself.... Forget you are what you wear.... Wear what you are. ~ Elizabeth Hawkes
The beggar wears all colors fearing none. ~ Charles Lamb
Expensive clothes are a waste of money. ~ Meryl Streep
A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one. ~ Samuel Johnson
The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn’t look too strange in the country. ~ Sir Hardy Amies
Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you're working, even if you're not. ~ Ashton Kutcher
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly. ~ Sir Matthew Hale
The truly fashionable are beyond fashion. ~ Cecil Beaton
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. ~ Christopher Morley
Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. ~ Anatole France
You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation. ~ Irvin S. Cobb
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Fashion is not something that exists only in dresses. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. ~ Coco Chanel
Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear. ~ Harold Coffin
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable. ~ Thomas Carlyle
The new is not a fashion, it is a value. ~ Roland Barthes
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. ~ Coco Chanel
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics. ~ George Bernard Shaw
When in doubt, wear red. ~ Bill Blass
The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets. ~ Wayne Dyer
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat. ~ George Bernard Shaw
When a person is in fashion, all they do is right. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. ~ Henry Fielding
Fashion is made to become unfashionable. ~ Coco Chanel
Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding. ~ Queen Maria
I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes would make you happy. ~ Coretta Scott King
Fashion is general; style is individual. ~ Edna Woolman
He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave. ~ Logan Pearsall Smith
Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are. ~ Quentin Crisp
How Big Is Your Clothing Footprint? ~ Book preview