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. She's very young, but I think you should meet her." When Sally Kirkland told me this, I said, "I can't possibly do that! I'm going to throw up! That's the scariest thing I've ever heard! I can't do that, Sally. I'm not ready to do that!" But Sally said, "You let them make that decision." I was absolutely terrified.
It's great advice - to open your eyes, have a little humility, and let go of ego. I think that instills in you a sense of responsibility. I also thin… - Polly Allen Mellen
It's great advice - to open your eyes, have a little humility, and let go of ego. I think that instills in you a sense of responsibility. I also thin…
- Polly Allen Mellen
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… - Polly Allen Mellen
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…
I love street, adore street. Life is about mixing things and to be divine in the streets. Voila! - Polly Allen Mellen
I love street, adore street. Life is about mixing things and to be divine in the streets. Voila!
Style doesn't have seasons. - Polly Allen Mellen
Style doesn't have seasons.
You can squint and see something else, or something will come forward in the paint. You'll always see something else. - Polly Allen Mellen
You can squint and see something else, or something will come forward in the paint. You'll always see something else.
You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down. - Polly Allen Mellen
You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down.
I like people with guts. I want to feel in the clothes what the designer is really feeling when they're alone with themselves and their fabrics and t… - Polly Allen Mellen
I like people with guts. I want to feel in the clothes what the designer is really feeling when they're alone with themselves and their fabrics and t…
I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had t… - Polly Allen Mellen
I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had t…
I remember once I didn't like a dress that we had to shoot - I'll never forget this - and so I turned it inside out and put it on the model backward. - Polly Allen Mellen
I remember once I didn't like a dress that we had to shoot - I'll never forget this - and so I turned it inside out and put it on the model backward.
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