Quotes by Edith Head

About Edith Head:

Edith Head was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).
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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.

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 th...

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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.

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

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

Some people need sequins, others don't.

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

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

I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

Edith Head

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.

Edith Head

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

Edith Head

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

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

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 perso...

Edith Head

Author Bio

  • NameEdith Head
  • DescriptionAmerican film and television costumer
  • BornOctober 28, 1897
  • DiedOctober 24, 1981
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionCostume Designer