Birth: June 18, 1924
I was fascinated looking at John Galliano's couture. They're just extraordinary extravaganzas and I love it. I love looking at it because it's like g….
There are certain people who hang onto nostalgia and I wish they wouldn't. I wish the young beautiful actresses and other people - I wish they would ….
A lot of women say to me, "Polly, why aren't there more clothes out there that we can wear?" And I don't agree with them! There are clothes out there….
I loved the masculine style of dressing of Katharine Hepburn, who came from the same town that I came from. I was fascinated by the way she wore trou….
I cannot imagine what an influence a five-week trip to the Orient had on me. I mean, the culture, the absorption of the Japanese way of life, the Jap….
When I graduated from school, World War II was still going on. At the time, my eldest sister, Nancy, was working in New York City at Lord & Taylor, a….
That's why you have to keep your mind open - so that you can be given the privilege to have five weeks in Japan and take all of that in. I mean, that….
Steven Meisel is completely consumed with what interests him. He does what he wants to do, and when something doesn't interest him, he's not afraid t….
I think that there are people who go to the best stores, and they have money, so money is no object, but they can't find a pretty dress - and I think….
You have to want to dare being a model. You have to dare or you don't go that step further. You have to be willing to stretch - and to not only be wi….
Have you ever held a snake? Well, let me tell you, it is so erotic..
If you've taken the job to be the stylist for a collection, then I think it's important for you to really listen to the designer and look at the boar….
That bothers me when I see that fashion editors are consultants for brands. It tells me that the designer has lost sight of what he or she really wan….
I was surrounded by talented people. I always remember Mrs. Carmel Snow, saying to me, "You know, Polly, if one person thinks they're a big star, the….
I wear all my T-shirts from Helmut Lang with the holes in the elbows, which people always speak of. When my husband gets a hole in his sweater, at hi….
I also had a huge crush on William Holden. I would go to see William Holden's movies alone - I didn't want to be with anybody. I just wanted to be wi….
I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things..
One day, Sally Kirkland said to Diana Vreeland, who was the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar at the time, "I have a young woman I want you to meet. ….
I think movies also played a part in my interest in fashion. I've also always been hooked on the movies. From my early teens on, I always had my favo….
There are some very creative people out there who are like Steven Meisel, and that is why their work is so extraordinary..
Happy family gives you a brick-by-brick foundation that you build on for the rest of your life. And then it teaches you so many things that are impor….