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

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

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.

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

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.

Many women dress for men before marriage, and for women after marriage.

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.