55 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

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

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.'

With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

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

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.