105 Quotes About Dress Up For Little Fashionistas

Writvik Gupta
Dec 12, 2023 By Writvik Gupta
Originally Published on Mar 20, 2021
Edited by Luca Demetriou
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We, as a species, are by nature drawn to doing what is necessary to look our best, the start to which is by dressing well.

No matter the age, we like looking good for ourselves and everybody around us. It is what gives us the much-required confidence to face any scenario.

And we know that there are little style icons hidden in all of you, just looking for the right attire for the occasion. Every stylist and fashion icon currently ruling the glamour world was once just like you. And now, they help themselves and thousands around the world to bring out the star in them.

No matter the place, you always dress for it. You always spend that time in front of the mirror wearing the right pair of clothes and accessories.

And there's plenty to choose from, right from the hat on your head to the boots on your feet. Every little detail is important. And choosing the right one is a hobby in itself for some.

Go ahead and dress up to go out, meet your friends, go to that party, for your job, or just for fun. Dressing up is fun no matter the situation.

And we've got the perfect quotes for you to be motivated to bring out the best-looking 'you'. Read on for what you wear matters quotes and what is your own style quotes, plus more.

Here are 105 quotes for you to read by some of the best people who know how to do it right when dressing up. And once you're done dressing up, jump right into makeup quotes and inner beauty quotes.
 

Yves Saint Laurent Quotes To Get Started

Read these quotes by Yves Saint Laurent, one of the biggest names in the game, from the world's fashion capital, Paris.

1. "Fashions fade, style is eternal."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

2. "Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

3. "Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

4. "I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful but also to reassure them, give them confidence."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

5. "My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

6. "Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

7. "Good clothing is a passport for happiness."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

8. "When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. "

-Yves Saint Laurent.

9. "Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

10. Dressing is a way of life.

-Yves Saint Laurent.

11. "The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

12. "Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

13. "We must never confuse elegance with snobbery."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

14. "No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

15. "I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke."

-Yves Saint Laurent.

Fashion Quotes By Coco Chanel

Here are quotes by the one and only French fashion designer who revolutionized fashion, Coco Chanel. Which of these fashion quotes is your favorite?

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16. "The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you."

-Coco Chanel.

17. "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."

-Coco Chanel.

18. "Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."

-Coco Chanel.

19. "Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."

-Coco Chanel.

20. "Fashion is made to become unfashionable."

-Coco Chanel.

21. "A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period."

-Coco Chanel.

22. "A woman with good shoes is never ugly."

-Coco Chanel.

23. "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."

-Coco Chanel.

24. "It is always better to be slightly underdressed."

-Coco Chanel.

25. "A woman can be overdressed but never over elegant."

-Coco Chanel.

26. "Beauty begins in the moment you decide to be yourself."

-Coco Chanel.

27. "Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman."

-Coco Chanel.

28. "Every day is a fashion show and the world is the runway."

-Coco Chanel.

29. "Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today."

-Coco Chanel.

30. "Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!"

-Coco Chanel.

Marc Jacobs Quotes About The Stylish Life

Marc Jacobs, from America, leads an extremely successful label of his own name is an obvious inspiration to all fashion enthusiasts. Enjoy these fashion quotes by Marc Jacobs to help you transform your body language and fashion style.

31. "To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything."

-Marc Jacobs.

32. "Fashion isn’t a necessity. It pulls at your heart. It’s a whim. You don’t need it. You want it."

-Marc Jacobs.

33. "I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really."

-Marc Jacobs.

34. "I think it's an old-fashioned notion that fashion needs to be exclusive to be fashionable."

-Marc Jacobs.

35. "Life is a fashion show; the world is your runway."

-Marc Jacobs.

36. "Any opportunity to adorn oneself is human, and accessories are an easy way to do it."

-Marc Jacobs.

37. "Fashion is such a fairytale and it is such a fantasy."

-Marc Jacobs.

38. "To me, clothing is a form of self-expression – there are hints about who you are in what you wear."

-Marc Jacobs.

39. "Fashion is just something money can buy. People who are stylish are free and have no fear in staying true to themselves. Plus, style is infinitely more interesting."

-Marc Jacobs.

40. "I love the entire ritual of getting dressed."

-Marc Jacobs.

41. "The best dresses are like t-shirts - you just put them on and forget about them."

-Marc Jacobs.

42. "One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it."

-Marc Jacobs.

43. "We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much."

-Marc Jacobs.

44. "I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect – they are much more interesting."

-Marc Jacobs.

45. "Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them."

-Marc Jacobs.

Ralph Lauren Quotes To Guide You

Here are the billionaire fashion designer Ralph Lauren quotes to inspire your next dress-up routine. Which of these fashion quotes do you find most inspiring?

46. "When you put on something that you really like, you feel like you are that person or the person you want to be."

-Ralph Lauren.

47. "Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you."

-Ralph Lauren.

48. "Taste and style is beyond clothes."

-Ralph Lauren.

49. "Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever."

-Ralph Lauren.

50. "I don’t think women should look like costumes."

-Ralph Lauren.

51. "I’ve always done the style that I loved, so I didn’t mind sending an old pair of jeans down the runway."

-Ralph Lauren.

52. "It’s the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept."

-Ralph Lauren.

53. "You don't have to wear a label to be important."

-Ralph Lauren.

54. "I don’t like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim."

-Ralph Lauren.

55. "Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion."

-Ralph Lauren.

56. "You don’t just wear clothes, you live a life. You have style. You project who you are."

-Ralph Lauren.

57. "Personal style is about having a sense of yourself and what you believe in every day."

-Ralph Lauren.

58. "I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things."

-Ralph Lauren.

59. "It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style."

-Ralph Lauren.

60. "I don't design clothes, I design dreams."

-Ralph Lauren.

Sayings Or Quotes About Little Girls Playing Dress Up

Enjoy these quotes about playing dress-up with sisters and friends to develop your next new style.

61. "I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels."

-Alison Elliott.

62. "I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing."

-Kate Moss.

63. "I'm not the most stylish person at all, but there's something about playing dress-up for the day and playing the role of a singer."

-Jessie Ware.

64. "I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality."

-Ari Graynor.

65. "Hey, I'm a girl, and we like to play dress-up."

-Charlize Theron.

66. "When you're growing up, you play dress-up - it's a game, it's a pastime."

-Lauren Conrad.

67. "I love looking like a doll and all that stuff and playing dress-up."

-Nicki Minaj.

68. "I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older."

-Jai Courtney.

69. "As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready."

-Denise Richards.

70. "As far as I'm concerned playing 'Dress Up' begins at the age of five, and never truly ends."

-Kate Spade.

Best Quotes About Fashion

We all love dressing up. We all love looking good. We love to follow fashion, and create our own style. These quotes will help you to do exactly that!

71. "Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally."

-Christian Louboutin.

72. "Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life."

-Bill Cunningham.

73. "I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world."

-Bette Midler.

74. "Fashion is the part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all events."

-Diana Vreeland.

75. "What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language."

-Miuccia Prada.

76. "A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."

-Sophia Loren.

77. "One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress."

-Karl Lagerfeld.

78. "Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing."

-Alexander Wang.

79. "You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it."

-Isaac Mizrahi.

80. "You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet."

-Christian Dior.

81. "I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear."

-Katherine Hepburn.

82. "Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it."

-Diane von Furstenberg.

83. "When you don’t dress like everyone else, you don’t have to think like everyone else."

-Iris Apfel.

84. "Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world."

-Marilyn Monroe.

85. "You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it."

-Edith Head.

The Most Famous Style Quotes You Need To Hear

For those who love dressing up, these quotes are an absolute must read! Which of these quotes is your favorite?

86. "We are all made up of the same skin and bones. What separates us is what we dress over it."

-Stefania Yarhi.

87. "Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself."

-Amit Kalantri.

88. "Fashion is a tool...to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of."

-Mary Quant.

89. "Dress like you're embracing life, not hiding from it."

-Peter Morrissey.

90. "The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in."

-Paris Hilton.

91. "Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music."

-Michael Kors.

92. "Good clothes open all doors."

-Thomas Fuller.

93. "Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment."

-Alexander McQueen.

94. "Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered."

-Giorgio Armani.

95. "You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

-Oscar Wilde.

96. "Dressing well is a form of good manners."

-Tom Ford.

97. "Style is a way to say who are without having to speak."

-Rachel Zoe.

98. "A great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life."

-Rachel Roy.

99. "It's not about the dress you wear, but it's about the life you lead in the dress."

-Diana Vreeland.

100. "Fashion wasn't what you wore someplace anymore; it was the whole reason for going."

-Andy Warhol.

101. "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body."

-Christian Dior.

102. "Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing."

-Jean-Paul Gaultier.

103. "A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. "

-Oliver Goldsmith.

104. "Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose."

-Lauren Hutton.

105. "Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it."

-Lady Duff-Gordon.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for quotes about dress up for little fashionistas, then why not take a look at drag queen quotes or quotes about creating.

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Written by Writvik Gupta

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Writvik Gupta

A professional content writer hailing from Kolkata, India, with extensive experience in the corporate sector, Writvik Gupta has worked with several reputed companies, including ITC WelcomHotel Jodhpur, Bharti AXA Life Insurance, Aryan Imaging, and Eduquity. He also serves as a consultant for a startup based in Bangalore. With a passion for the outdoors, Writvik enjoys trekking and traveling to remote destinations. He also has a keen interest in exploring various cuisines and regularly volunteers for social causes.

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