Edith Head Quotes

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  • We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.

  • What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person.

    Believe   Magic   Doe  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built complete wardrobe on a limited budget. "Money," I tell them, "is no guarantee of taste and the fitness of things, and an overstuffed closet is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel."

    "How to Dress for Success".
  • I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, "Grace Kelly." She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

    Stars   Animal   Grace  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.

  • You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.

    Horse   Water   Want  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals-like Lassie.

    Dog   Stars   Animal  
  • The cardinal sin is not being badly dressed, but wearing the right thing in the wrong place.

    Clothes   Sin   Cardinals  
    EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”
  • I assure you that even the most beautiful women are not pretty all over. They have merely learned to use clothes deftly enough to give others the impression that they are.

    Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”
  • With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

    Stars   Caring   Female  
  • Many women dress for men before marriage, and for women after marriage.

    Men   Clothes   Dresses  
    EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”
  • There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

    Stars   Matter   Size  
    Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”
  • My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

    Clothes   Actors   Motto  
  • The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect others, as a tool for the job.

    Jobs   Thinking   Clothes  
    EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”
  • Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.

    EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”
  • A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.

    EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”
  • A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

  • Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.

    Years   Ideas   Costumes  
  • Clothes are the way you present yourself to the world; they affect the way the world feels and thinks about you; subconsciously they affect the way you feel and think about yourself.

  • If you hunger for certain types of clothes, for which you have little use, put yourself on a diet. Just as you resist too much whipped cream and French pastry to keep your figure in shape, you can say no to those yearned-for but unneeded purchases that lead to a wardrobe that is shapeless and without form.

    Clothes   Use   Shapes  
    Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”
  • Some people need sequins, others don't.

    People   Needs   Sequins  
  • Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.

    Growing   Today   Thanks  
  • You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

    Edith Head (2011). “The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, From A to Z”, p.1, Harper Collins
  • Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.

    Fashion   Heart   Desire  
    Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”
  • Building a proper wardrobe is like building a home. Indeed, you should think of it like a home, because it is something you're going to live in. It must be comfortable and suit all your needs.

    Home   Thinking   Needs  
  • As women, we all have certain weaknesses. I know one who can't resist pretty shoes but has nothing suitable to wear with them. Others adore frilly lingerie but never have any money to buy outer clothing.

  • I always wear beige, black or white. For one thing I look good in them. For another, when I'm beside a star at a fitting, and she looks into the mirror, I don't want to be competing in any way.

    Stars   Mirrors   White  
  • Just imagine dressing the two handsomest men in the world, and then getting this!

    Men   Two   World  
  • We don't make glamorous movies today. Everything now is very realistic, artistic - and depressing. When is the last time you you saw a wonderful musical or a fabulous fantasy?

    Edith Head, Paddy Calistro (1983). “Edith Head's Hollywood”, E P Dutton
  • Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

    Jobs   Trying   Want  
    Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”
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    Edith Head

    • Born: October 28, 1897
    • Died: October 24, 1981
    • Occupation: Costume Designer