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Edith Head
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“Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will ...”
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“... many women dress for men before marriage, and for women after marriage ...”
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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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“Clothes are the way you present yourself to the world; they affect the way the world feels and thinks about you; subconsciously they affect the way you feel and think about yourself.”
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“Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.”
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“Don't wear your clothes too tight. A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.”
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“I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals — like Lassie.”
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“Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.”
Edith Head, U.S. costume designer
(1897 - 1981)
Full name: Edith Clare Posener Head.