Edith Head Quotes

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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.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Eyebrows, Icons

  EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”

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

  Edith Head

  Inspiring, Fashion, Icons

  Edith Head (2011). “The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, From A to Z”, p.1, Harper Collins

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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.

  Edith Head

  Thinking, Clothes, World

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• Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Language, Instinct

  EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”

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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.

  Edith Head

  Believe, Magic, Doe

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some people need sequins, others don't.

  Edith Head

  People, Needs, Sequins

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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.

  Edith Head

  Home, Thinking, Needs

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• Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.

  Edith Head

  Leather Pants, Two, Clothes

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• A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Stars, Designer Clothes

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• Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

  Edith Head

  Jobs, Trying, Want

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

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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.

  Edith Head

  Beautiful, Clothes, Giving

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

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• There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

  Edith Head

  Stars, Matter, Size

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

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• There are three fashion periods: the past, the present and Mae West.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Past, Three

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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?

  Edith Head

  Depressing, Musical, Today

  Edith Head, Paddy Calistro (1983). “Edith Head's Hollywood”, E P Dutton

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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.

  Edith Head

  Horse, Water, Want

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

  Edith Head

  Clothes, Actors, Motto

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• Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.

  Edith Head

  Clothes, Competition, Life Is

  EDITH HEAD (1959). “The Dress Doctor”

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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.

  Edith Head

  Stars, Mirrors, White

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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.

  Edith Head

  Fashion, Heart, Desire

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

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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."

  Edith Head

  Skeletons, Guarantees, Taste

  "How to Dress for Success".

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• I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals-like Lassie.

  Edith Head

  Dog, Stars, Animal

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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.

  Edith Head

  Years, Ideas, Costumes

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• Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.

  Edith Head

  Beautiful, Looks, Legs

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

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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.

  Edith Head

  Stars, Animal, Grace

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Edith Head

  Clothes, Use, Shapes

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

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