Edith Head Quotes

• 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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• Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. ‘Money,’ I tell them, ‘is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.’

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  Tags in Taste, Asked

• 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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  Tags in Wear, Mirror

• 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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  Tags in Gracefully, Growing

• 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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  Tags in Designers, Claiming

• 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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  Tags in Needs, Proper

• 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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  Tags in Outer, Clothing

• 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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  Tags in Instinct, Caring

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

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  Tags in Standard, Size

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

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  Tags in Notice, Motto

• Some people need sequins, others don’t.

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  Tags in Sequins, Some People

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

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  Tags in Covered, Instance

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

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  Tags in Instinct, Fashion

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

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Anything

• Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.

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  Tags in Woman, Dresses

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

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

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  Tags in Designer, Good, Design, Clothes

Edith Head (17)

Birth:	28th October, 1897
Death:	24th October, 1981
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Costume Designer

About

Edith Head was born in San Bernardino, California, USA. She was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress and ending with The Sting. She was considered exceptional for her close working relationships with her subjects, with whom she consulted extensively, and these included virtually every top female star in Hollywood. In 1919, Edith received a bachelor of arts degree in letters and sciences with honors in French from the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1920 earned a master of arts degree in romance languages from Stanford University.

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