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Edith Head / Isabella Alston & Kathryn Dixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alston, Isabella, author.
- Dixon, Kathryn, author.
- Series:
- TAJ Mini Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Head, Edith.
- Fashion designers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Fashion designers.
- Women costume designers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Women costume designers.
- Clothing and dress.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (98 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlotte, North Carolina : T&J, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Edith Head is probably the most iconic of all Hollywood costume designers. Beginning in the early 1930s until her retirement in 1977, Edith Head costumed the stars of over 500 films. With 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, she won 8-the closest to come to her record is Irene Sharaff, who garnered 15 nominations and 5 wins. Edith Head truly surpassed all of her competition. Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Lucille Ball, Barbara Stanwyck, Mae West, Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Day, and Katherine Hepburn are just a few of the female stars Head dressed, both in character an
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Edith Head; Movie Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781844063895
- 1844063895
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