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.
Edith HeadEven the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.
Edith HeadBuilding 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 HeadThe 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.
Edith HeadClothes 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 HeadThe cardinal sin is not being badly dressed, but wearing the right thing in the wrong place.
Edith HeadWe 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 HeadA dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.
Edith HeadWith women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.
Edith HeadMany faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
Edith HeadBefore you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
Edith HeadCouture 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 HeadMarlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.
Edith HeadMany 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 HeadWhat 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 HeadGrowing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.
Edith Head