Zitat des Tages von Edith Head:
A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.
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.
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.
I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie.
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 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.'
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.
You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
