Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.

- Edith Head

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

- Edith Head

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

- Edith Head

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

- Edith Head

Some people need sequins, others don't.

- 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 m…

- Edith Head

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 y…

- Edith Head

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

- 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 th…

- Edith Head