“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'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in the eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm growing deeper in my sighs; I'm growing careless of my dress; I'm growing frugal of my gold; I'm growing wise; I'm growing yes, I'm growing old!” EyeLaughingWiseGrowingGoldDressesDeeperStaffSighGrowing OldCarelessFrugal Book:The Money-king: And Other Poems Source: The Money-king: And Other Poems
“I was the kid growing up who would play with G.I. Joes in a pink dress and then run off to play with my Barbies. It doesn't mean that I'm less girly, it just means that I have this other side of me. It's kinda cool to be a little bit of both, I think.” ThinkingMeanLittlesPlayRunningKidsBitsSidesGrowing UpGrowingLittle BitDressesGirlyBarbieKids Growing Up Author:Adrianne Palicki
“For a long time, no village girl would dress her hair or bosom with the sweetest flower from that field of death: and after many a year had come and gone, the berries growing there, were still believed to leave too deep a stain upon the hand that plucked them.” YearsLongStillsHandsGirlGoneGrowingFieldsFlowerHairLong TimeDressesVillageBosomsSweetestStainsBerriesSpookyToo Deep Book:Christmas Books Source: Christmas Books
“I'm very sensitive. Because my mum was my primary emotional caregiver growing up, I found myself being pinned into dresses, darting her dresses, choosing her high heels for the evening or what to wear. I'm very much a mommy's boy.” FoundBoysGrowing UpGrowingEmotionalDressesEveningPrimariesSensitiveHeelsMumHigh HeelsCaregivers Author:Tom Hardy
“When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that was pretty unassuming otherwise - people who didn't dress weird or do much theatrics.” PeoplePowerfulGrowing UpGrowingRocksDressesPunkPunk RockReally PowerfulUnassumingPowerful MusicTheatrics Author:Doug Martsch
“When I was nine years, growing up on the south side of Chicago, in the ghetto. The Robert Taylor Projects. I came home from school, I showed my mother a picture and said "Momma, that's you in the rocking chair. There's daddy over there." I said, "Momma, one of these days, I'm gonna be big and strong. I'm gonna be a football player. I'm gonna be a boxer. I'm gonna buy you a beautiful house and I'm gonna buy you pretty dresses." That's all I want to do in life.” WantYearsSaidHomeBigsSchoolBeautifulMotherHouseStrongSidesGrowing UpGrowingPlayerFootballProjectsDressesSouthNineThese DaysChairsChicagoDaddyGhettoBoxersFootball PlayerNine YearsMommaRocking Chairs Author:Mr. T
“Growing up in New York has influenced my style so much, and I have an amazing relationship with my stylist, Estee Stanley. We have so much fun with the whole process. She picks out dresses, I try things on and play dress up, and we get creative to see what works.” TryingPlayWholeFunProcessCreativeGrowing UpGrowingStyleNew YorkPicksDressesStanleyStylistAmazing Relationship Author:Lea Michele
“When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.” BeautifulYoungChurchAttentionBoysGrowing UpGrowingClothesMy FamilyDressesShoesPassionateHatsSundayCoatsDressingsGlovesCarolinaAccessoriesNorth CarolinaHandbagsMeticulousDurhamChurch Service Author:Andre Leon Talley
“A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially plaques anyone who lives behind a mask. An elephant in her disquise as a human princess, a scarecrow with painted features, a glittering tiara under which to glow and glide in anonymous glamour. A witch's hat, a wizards stole, a scholars gown, a soldiers dress sartorials. A hundred ways to duck the question: how will I live with myself now that I nkow what I know.” KnowsWayHumansBehindsGrowingHundredAdultsCapacityDressesSoldierTemptationFeaturesHatsMaskWitchPrincessDucksScholarThreatenedElephantsWizardsGlamourInferiorityGownsScarecrowTiaras Author:Gregory Maguire
“It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.” StillsMightGrowingLateDressesDinnerDisasterIronicObligedChasms Author:Georgette Heyer
“Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her days examining fabric swatches for bridesmaid dresses and going on about how in love she is. This usually causes Agent Boring Borscht to regale us with stories of Russian weddings that are even more boring than his usual ones. My attempts at escape have been thwarted thus far. Also, I am out of cigarettes. Any assistance or tobacco products you can send will be greatly appreciated. -Prisoner 24601” WayHas BeensStoriesCausesSituationGrowingProductsDressesBoringAgentsTorturePrisonerUsualCigaretteFabricAssistanceAppreciatedTobaccoExaminingHorrificScarletBridesmaidsBorscht Author:Richelle Mead
“Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in black turtlenecks and smoke Gitanes. I'd listen to cool jazz in clubs, getting up to read devastating truths from my notebook, leaning against the microphone, cigarette dangling from my hand.” HandsWantedArtistBlackGrowing UpGrowingPoetMusicianDecidedDressesJazzClubsSmokeCigaretteNotebookMicrophonesBohemianBeatnikTurtlenecksCool Jazz Author:Charles de Lint
“Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.” YearsWarMatterBornGrowingYouthOffersSpeechDressesVicesGentlemanRight ThingPocketsAssociationMerchantsUnlearn Book:The Principles of Psychology Source: The Principles of Psychology