With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

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

Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

I always wear beige, black or white. For one thing I look good in them. For another, when I'm beside a star at a fitting, and she looks into the mirror, I don't want to be competing in any way.

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