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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.
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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.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals-like Lassie.
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The cardinal sin is not being badly dressed, but wearing the right thing in the wrong place.
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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.
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With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.
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Many women dress for men before marriage, and for women after marriage.
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There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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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.
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Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.
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A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some people need sequins, others don't.
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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.
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You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Just imagine dressing the two handsomest men in the world, and then getting this!
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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?
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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