“When you're growing up, you play dress-up - it's a game, it's a pastime. And then as you get older, getting ready and looking nice becomes this constant stress. I want to make it fun again.” WantPlayGamesFunGrowing UpNiceGrowingReadyStressDressesConstantPastimeDressing Up Author:Lauren Conrad
“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.” PeopleThinkingHalfHairDressesActressesDressingsDressing UpSweatpantsPonytails Author:Selena Gomez
“My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.” StillsChoicesAttentionUltimateDressesDetailsExcuseFancyCostumesDressingsEleganceIndulgenceDressing UpAttention To Detail Author:Ellie Goulding
“I love dressing up. I'm from a huge African family and grew up in a really colorful place. The way I dress reflects my environment and wanting to take people into a fantasy world for half an hour.” PeopleWorldWayHoursHalfFantasyEnvironmentHugeGrewGrew UpDressesDressingsColorfulDressing UpFantasy Worlds Author:Shingai Shoniwa
“I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.” LooksIdeasFashionHairDressesPhotographerDressingsDressing UpEarrings Author:Mario Testino
“Worldwide, most people dress more casually these days, don't they? They have done for the last 20 or 30 years, I suppose. So, every place that I go to, the majority of people really wear jeans, trainers, T-shirt - everybody seems to dress more for comfort. Whereas, even in my lifetime, even up to the early-'70s, there was still that thing of dressing up.” PeopleYearsStillsDoneSeemsLastsComfortDressesMajorityLifetimeThese DaysShirtsJeansDressingsT ShirtTrainersDressing Up Author:Paul Weller
“The diplomatic thing for me to say is that if publishers are dressing up other authors as Terry Pratchett clones then they are doing a disservice to those authors. If they didn't dress them as clones but did something different, then those authors could be pioneering in a different sense.” IfsDifferentDressesPublishersDressingsDiplomaticDressing UpDisservicePioneering Author:Terry Pratchett
“I love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.” ThinkingFactsPowerfulWonderDressesSuperheroDressingsDressing UpOutfitsWonder Woman Author:Olivia Munn
“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you're maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes. The pet is embarrassed and the person who committed this act of premeditated cuteness should be even more embarrassed.” ShouldWritingLittlesPersonsLongBitsCan DoLittle BitClothesDressesCommittedEveningAshamedPetBad ThingsHouseholdEmbarrassedVocabularyDressingsDressing UpLong WordsCuteness Book:On Writing Source: On Writing
“I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.” ThinkingStyleHairDressesDressing UpSunglassesPlaying Dress Up Author:Mariah Carey
“Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets running everywhere. Only we do it with people dressing up and running around with blunt weapons, and people selling hot dogs, and the girls all miserable because they can only dress up as wenches, wenching being the only job available to women in the olden days.” PeopleWayRunningJobsGirlDogCreationWeaponsHotDressesHistoricalAvailableSellingMiserableHobbiesInsectsDressingsBluntDressing UpHot DogTimberBouldersOlden DaysWenches Author:Terry Pratchett
“Dressing well is a form of good manners.” WellsFormFashionStyleDressesMannersGood ManDressingsGood MannersMonday MorningDressing UpWell DressedFashion And StyleFashion StyleFashionistaClothes And FashionBest DressedFashion TrendsClothing StyleClothes And ShoesDressing Well Author:Tom Ford
“The idea of full dress in preparation for a battle comes not from a belief that it will add to the fighting ability. The preparation is for death, in case that should be the result of the conflict. Every Indian wants to look his best when he goes to meet the Great Spirit, so the dressing up is done whether in imminent danger is an oncoming battle or a sickness or injury at times of peace.” WantShouldLooksIdeasDoneDeathSpiritFightingBeliefAbilityResultsCasesDangerBattleConflictDressesAddPreparationIndianInjurySicknessNativeNative AmericanDressingsDressing UpGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American Earth Author:Wooden Leg