Edith Head
Edith Head
Edith Headwas an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiressand ending with The Sting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth28 October 1899
CitySan Bernardino, CA
CountryUnited States of America
clothes use shapes
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.
two clothes leather-pants
Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.
horse water want
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.
home thinking needs
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.
beautiful clothes giving
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.
fashion language instinct
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.
inspiring fashion icons
You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.
fashion eyebrows icons
Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
fashion stars designer-clothes
A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
jobs trying want
Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
believe magic doe
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.
skeletons guarantees taste
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.'
believe actors actresses
We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.
clothes competition life-is
Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.