Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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