Top 103 Gowns Quotes & Sayings

People wouldn't know this about me, but I adore ball gowns. I love their cut, their architecture and the thought of the hands of so many seamstresses working on them.

And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')

Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns.

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.

I've determined my style - I like to call it elegant funk. You'll see me in some really beautiful gowns but I'll still have my septum piercing in.

It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors.

I spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don't think people want to see the old show all the time.

Hollywood liberals could not be reached for comment on the cost of the inauguration because they were being fitted for gowns and jewelry worth millions of dollars in anticipation of Oscar night.

Drag isn't always about expensive rhinestone gowns; it's about what's entertaining.

I wear everything to jeans and a t-shirt to Zac Posen ball gowns.

With Zac Posen gowns, it's like making an ornate pastry. Then, sometimes, it's just great to have the perfect chicken soup or consomme. And that's Brooks Brothers.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I've had women buy their entire wardrobes from me; from suits to full-length evening gowns and sophisticated day dresses, they buy everything.

He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.

Try everything on, even gowns that you don't think you'll love. You might be surprised and fall in love with a gown that you weren't drawn to at first.

You're very short, aren't you?" She smirked at Petunia. "And you've got a nose like a stoat," Petunia replied. "But at least I can always have my gowns altered.

The wardrobe? It was so full of gowns that he didn't think he could cram himself inside. Besides, it would be awkward if the maid came in to lay out a gown for dinner and grabbed Oliver instead of the blue silk with lace sleeves.

My philosophy has always been that I can sell chinos and T-shirts and $5,000 gowns - they just have to be the best of what they are.

I'd say an ideal wardrobe should have a mix of high-fashion gowns, clothes that spell 'boho chic,' and at least a few things that are playful.

When I went to Hollywood in 1927, the girls were wearing lumpy sweaters and skirts. I was wearing sleek suits and half naked beaded gowns and piles and piles of furs.

How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns!

I feel more comfortable in saris than gowns.

Fashion has a dark side - it's not all runways and lipstick and fishtail gowns.

I've worn over 6,700 gowns. They're all borrowed gowns, designer samples.

Creating a bridalwear collection was a natural progression from my evening wear collections, which are well known for their softly draped and diaphanous silk gowns.

I do love to have pictures taken and to pose and wear fabulous gowns, so red carpets are a comfort zone.

Elizabeth Kennedy is so chic. Her gowns have such structure, I feel like a work of art.

Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks. Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.

I'm always caught up in the thrill of award season: The golden statues, the glamorous stars, and the fabulous gowns.

I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy.

Beneath the 30 pounds of makeup and corsets and gowns are real beating hearts of real people and they usually come from a place of pain.

I hate gowns. It's a rare gown indeed that is cool. Most are elegant or whatever, a quality I don't put a big premium on.

I love pairing evening gowns with hair tied up, like a boho updo or a curly chignon.

I need to be able to raise my hands up to turn the letters. That's probably the only limitation I have when it comes to gowns. I wear tight ones, I wear loose ones, I wear every color, and different fabrics.

I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!

Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet.

All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

If I didn't teach the aerobics class, I wouldn't come, and I need to stay in shape. I've got a whole wardrobe of sleeveless dresses and strapless gowns, not to mention the short skirts.

When I first started, I wore Ceil Chapman gowns. I've been wondering for years what happened to the Ceil Chapman line of clothing.

When I see old movies with women in floor-length dressing gowns, or when they're going to the store and they've got a pillbox hat with a net over the eyes and white gloves, I'm offended that I can't go to the store like that.

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

I like free gowns.

It's so smart to include pockets in gowns.

For red-carpet gowns, Christian Siriano is one of my favourites.

So don't. Come hang out with me at work. We can play naughty dress up with the hospital gowns and rearrange the supply closets.

I'm a good dressmaker. When I was a student I made all my own clothes, and earned good money making ball gowns and wedding dresses for my friends.

We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns.

I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset.

I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.

My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.

People associate pageants with glamour, where there are celebrities walking on the ramp wearing beautiful gowns, heels and make-up - but that's just one aspect.

I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.

When I was a little girl, and we would visit my grandmother whenever we were in D.C., she would always greet us at the door in elegant suits or gowns with matching pearls and earrings.

I use Jimmy Galanos gowns for real special occasions and things - television, special occasions where I know I'm being filmed. But I never really wear his gowns on stage. My stage gowns are more costumey. There's different levels of things that I wear.I would never wear my stage gowns to a party.

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

I love to wear my own Jade Jagger ball gowns. I love their timeless elegance, of course with my own jewelry.

I love the tradition of changing gowns throughout the reception. I know it's a little extravagant, but why not - it's your moment.

I originally thought I would be going into wedding dresses. I wanted to create gowns, especially for weddings. I liked the idea of dealing with just one color, and within that, you could design whatever you want.