A playful collection of fashion quotes brings together jokes about dresses, heels and living as yourself. Femulate’s list ranges from a famous Diane von Furstenberg slogan to one-liners about personal style, offering a light-hearted look at how clothes can become part of self-expression. The best-known line has a history beyond the punchline.
A witty list with a serious thread
The jokes in Femulate’s quotation collection are playful, but they circle a real idea: clothes can be a way to express who you are. One line describes the writer as a woman with a male body; another urges readers to live as they wish and leave other people’s objections with them.
The collection moves easily from encouragement to comic wardrobe logic. A skirt isn’t too short, one quip insists; the legs are simply too long. And if there’s any doubt about an outfit, the advice is to overdress. It’s self-expression with a wink, rather than a solemn manifesto.
Diane von Furstenberg’s slogan has staying power
Among the lines is Diane von Furstenberg’s familiar “Feel like a woman, wear a dress”. The New Yorker and The Guardian both trace the phrase to the designer’s advertising, where it became closely associated with her and her wrap dress.
A Kunhardt Film Foundation interview transcript offers a more personal account of how the slogan came about. Von Furstenberg recalls writing it for an early dress advertisement, turning a simple promotional line into one of the most recognisable sayings in the collection.
The humour works because it knows its wardrobe
Other quotes lean into fashion’s familiar rituals: bras, high heels and the feeling that the right outfit can change your mood. The list credits several quips to Stana, while others are attributed to Faith DaBrooke, Avery Jessup, Victoria Beckham and Candy Darling.
Those attributions need a little care. The accessible page reproducing the collection confirms that Femulate presents the lines with those names, but it doesn’t independently establish that every person originally said them. The Victoria Beckham remark about being unable to concentrate in flat shoes, however, was also reported by the Evening Standard.
A famous line, and plenty of personal ones
The dress slogan has documentary support beyond the quotation list, while many of the other lines are best read as the collection presents them: sharp, personal jokes about clothes and identity. That distinction doesn’t spoil the fun; it simply separates a well-attested fashion catchphrase from sayings whose provenance is less clear.
And that’s part of the charm. Some lines invite readers to think about fashion’s history, while others are simply funny because they take a familiar style preference to its most dramatic conclusion. If a pair of flats is the villain, at least the joke knows exactly where to place the blame.
Read the jokes as expression, not a rulebook
There’s no single lesson about how to dress here. The collection’s spirit is more relaxed: wear what feels right, enjoy the performance of getting dressed, and don’t let someone else’s opinion make the decision for you.
For readers sharing or quoting the lines, it’s worth keeping the distinction between a saying’s attribution and its independently verified origin. But as a snapshot of fashion humour and self-expression, Femulate’s list is a reminder that a little wit can make a personal style statement feel less daunting.
Let the clothes speak, and keep a sense of humour in the wardrobe.
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