Edith Head Quotes

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

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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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The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect others, as a tool for the job.

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

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

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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.

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I assure you that even the most beautiful women are not pretty all over. They have merely learned to use clothes deftly enough to give
others the impression that they are.

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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

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The cardinal sin is not being badly dressed, but wearing the right thing in the wrong place.

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

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