Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.
If you hunger for certain types of clothes, for which you have little use, put yourself on a diet. Just as you resist too much whipped cream and French pastry to keep your figure in shape, you can say no to those yearned-for but unneeded purchases that lead to a wardrobe that is shapeless and without form.
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.
With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.
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.
