“The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.” MadeDifferentBodyFormDressesTraditionalMade ItPrintButtonsDressingsWrapsJerseyRobesZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.” CharacterCertainDressesCourtFlawsButtonsEleganceTriflingRagged Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“Men don't feel the urge to get married as quickly as women do because their clothes all button and zip in the front. Women's dresses usually button and zip in the back. We need men emotionally and sexually, but we also need men to help us get dressed.” MenNeedsFeelsHelpingHumorFunnyFrontsMarriedClothesDressesUrgesButtonsSexuallyZips Author:Rita Rudner
“With McQueen you have so much at your fingertips. That is what's so incredible about this place. Lee built an amazing house, an English house - and that is very important - where creativity rules, where you can do whatever you want to do for the shows because no one's saying: where's your basic dress, where's your three button jacket?” WantImportantShowsThreeHouseCan DoCreativityBuiltDressesIncrediblesButtonsJacketsFingertipsDo Whatever You WantMcqueen Author:Sarah Burton
“It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years. What is so special about it is that it's actually a very traditional form of clothing. It's like a toga, it's like a kimono, without buttons, without a zipper. What made my wrap dresses different is that they were made out of jersey and they sculpted the body.” YearsMadeDifferentBodyFormSpiritInterestingSpecialDressesTraditionalPhenomenonClothingsButtonsWrapsJerseyZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“With couture you have faithfulness - people are faithful to you. In couture, you will see that the cut looks like a lace dress from a distance, but it's only when you get nearer you understand that it's layers of lace, hand stitched in a certain shape, all the work - the zips, the buttons, the hooks... it goes on.” PeopleLooksHandsCertainCuttingGoes OnShapesDressesDistanceFaithfulHave FaithLayersButtonsHookFaithfulnessLaceZipsCouture Author:Riccardo Tisci
“They leave things behind sometimes, the guests. A bottle of scent. A crumpled handkerchief. A pearl button that fell off a dress and rolled under a bed. And sometimes they leave other sorts of things. Things you can't see. A sigh trapped in a corner. Memories tangled in the curtains. A sob fluttering against the windowpane like a bird that flew in and can't get back out. I can feel these things. They dart and crouch and whisper.” FeelsI CanSometimesMemoriesBehindsBedBirdDressesCornersGet BackBottlesGuestsTrappedButtonsScentPearlsSighCurtainsFlewTangledFlutteringHandkerchiefsWindowpane Book:A Gathering Light Source: A Gathering Light