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

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

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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.

Edith Head

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.

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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.

Edith Head

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.'

Edith Head

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.

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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.'

Edith Head