--- title: "4 Lilly Dache Quotes - Famous Modiste (Talking through my hats)" description: "Lilly Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lilly-dache-60363.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lilly Dache](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lilly-dache-60363.jpg) # Lilly Dache (1898–1989) Modiste **4** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lilly Dache was a modiste, best known for *Talking through my hats*. ## Quick Facts About Lilly Dache Born October 10, 1898 Died December 31, 1989 Profession Modiste Notable works Talking through my hats ## About Lilly Dache Lilly Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady at Macy's department store, and from there started her own hat business. She was at the peak of her business career in the 1930s and 1940s. Her contributions to millinery were well-known custom-designed fashion hats for wealthy women, celebrities, socialites, and movie stars. Her hats cost about ten times the average cost of a lady's hat. Her main hat business was in New York City with branches in Paris. Later in her career she expanded her fashion line to include dresses, perfume, and jewelry. ## Quotes by Lilly Dache > [Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-dache/glamour-is-what-makes-a-man-ask-for-your-telephone-number-but-it-also/) Lilly Dache [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/lilly-dache-66230_asks_glamour-is-what-makes-a-man-ask-for-your_195414.jpg) > [A hat is an expression of a woman’s soul. It is something that she wears on her head, but it belongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-dache/a-hat-is-an-expression-of-a-woman-s-soul-it-is-something-that-she/) Lilly Dache [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/lilly-dache-66230_beautiful_a-hat-is-an-expression-of-a-woman-s-soul_843997.jpg) > [A woman's hat is close to her heart, though she wears it on her head. It is her way of saying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-dache/a-woman-s-hat-is-close-to-her-heart-though-she-wears-it-on-her-head/) Lilly Dache [Hats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/lilly-dache-66230_hats_a-woman-s-hat-is-close-to-her-heart-thou_1169474.jpg) > [ \[On the start of her career as a milliner:\] When I was six I made my mother a little hat -- out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-dache/on-the-start-of-her-career-as-a-milliner-when-i-was-six-i-made-my/) Lilly Dache [Blouses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blouses/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/lilly-dache-66230_blouses_on-the-start-of-her-career-as-a-milliner_2839222.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-dache/#itemlist", "name": "Lilly Dache Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. 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