BLANCHE [drawing the curtains at the windows]: Excuse me while I slip on my pretty new dress!… [Blanche throws off her robe and slips into a flowered print dress.]… [She closes the drapes between the rooms.]

– Tennessee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 2. Blanche speaks in a seductive tone to Stanley as she prepares to slip out of her bath robe and into her flowered print dress. Her constant concern with appearances and her clothes is on display here.