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I want to make shoes that a woman can walk in. That's kind of what they're made for. Edgardo Osorio

Woman Walk Made Shoes Kind Make Want

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. Edith Head

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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend. Edith Head

As women, we all have certain weaknesses. I know one who can't resist pretty shoes but has nothing suitable to wear with them. Others adore frilly lingerie but never have any money to buy outer clothing. 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 must be comfortable and suit all your needs. Edith Head

Home Needs You Building Live Think Indeed Must Proper Something Like Comfortable Because Going Wardrobe Should Your Suit

Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately. Edith Head

Business Other Addition Claiming Costume Part Countless Ideas Couture Were Years Unfortunately Original Original Ideas Things Copied Designers

Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered. Edith Head

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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.' Edith Head

Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. Edward Enninful

You Social Media Fine How Depending Social Use Media

The best photographers know how to light any color skin. Edward Enninful

Best Light Skin Photographers Color Know How Any

There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. Edward Enninful

Truth Freedom Opportunity Nothing White Living Dream Embodiment Classic More Casual Individuality Reminiscent Look Optimistic Than American American Dream Realm Inherently Jeans Americana Tee

If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside. Edward Enninful

In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do. Edward Enninful

Work Fashion Tried Push Boundaries Always

I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017. Edward Enninful

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I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. Edward Enninful

People Changing About Perceptions Like Contrast Play

I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. Edward Enninful

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I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most. Edward Enninful

Black White Most Industry Am Been Than Luckier

I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy. Edward Enninful

I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people. Edward Enninful

My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew how to sketch. I knew how to customise. But I could never imagine it as a career. Edward Enninful

Mother Clothes Outfits Construct Could Never Knew Always How Making Up Grew Sketch Her Career Imagine

I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. Edward Enninful

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For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. Edward Enninful

Fashion Me Live Says About Something Times Succeeds

When I started in the nineties, a sample size was a 4 and a 6. Edward Enninful

Nineties Sample Size Started

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