''One of the greatest gifts that I ever received was to know Marilyn Monroe and I knew her well. In fact I did her clothes for 11 .. (8) different films in Hollywood. This girl was so beautiful...so terribly beautiful not even any woman has been able to copy her. Marilyn was a combination of a baby and a grown sensuous woman..and that's what made people fall in love with her. I was doing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes-there's the big musical number called ''Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend'' and the idea then was the studio was to make the sexiest-most exciting-almost naked lady on the screen..so i started off and I did a costume for Marilyn..that wardrobe still...and the costume was fish-net hose over her nude body. The breast and the hip line was covered with diamonds put together by a jeweler and as we were ready to shoot the number..good lord the thing goes wrong... Marilyn Monroe's nude calendar hits the market! the studio went wild ... then i got a call...throw the costume out we've got to dress her. We might lose all the box office film...so i made a very covered dress...very famous pink dress with a big bow in the back.''