Costume Phrases

Phrases

• A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre
• Adjust your dress
• America's Favorite Cowboy (Nickname of actor Gene Autry)
• Blessing in disguise
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Steve Martin movie)
• Devil in Disguise (Elvis Presley song)
• Dress code
• Dress down
• Dress down Friday
• Dress for success
• Dress up
• Dress up Thursday
• Fringe theatre
• Ham actor
• I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled (from a poem by Eliot)
• I wear my sunglasses at night
• I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
• If the cap fits, wear it
• If the shoe fits, wear it
• In disguise
• It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
• Joey Pants (Nickname of actor Joe Pantoliano)
• Johnny Pizza (Nickname of actor John Santucci)
• Little black dress
• Look your best while you wear our least (Jockey Shorts advertising slogan)
• Master of disguise
• Only 1 out of 25 men is color blind. The other 24 just dress that way (Mohara Suits advertising slogan)
• Penis Von Lesbian (Nickname of actor Dick Van Dyke)
• Red Buttons (Pseudonym of actor Aaron Chwatt)
• Robots in disguise (Transformers advertising slogan)
• San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (Scott McKenzie song)
• The Man of Many Moods (Nickname of actor Charles Laughton)
• The Prince of Menace (Nickname of actor Vincent Price)
• The Voice of Canada (Nickname of actor Lorne Greene)
• The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades (song by Timbuk 3)
• Trick or treat
• Wardrobe mistress (a person in charge of the costumes of a theatrical company)
• Wear the pine overcoat
• Wear the trousers
• Wear your apron high
• Wear your heart on your sleeve
• Wear yourself out
• What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course (Marilyn Monroe quotation)
• When I am an old woman I shall wear purple (from a poem by Joseph)
• Worse for wear
• You Wear It Well (Rod Stewart song)