Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Movie Costume Designer Edith Head


Here is a gorgeous Patricia Ellis in a wedding gown designed by the genius of movie costume design, Edith Head for the 1934 movie Here Comes the Groom.  Love that veil.



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Edith Head was the Head Designer at Paramount Studios from 1938 until 1967.  She also worked for MGM, Universal, Warners, Columbia and Fox studios.  Edith Head won 8 Academy Awards, more than any other woman and was nominated 35 times.  She worked with virtually every star who was a star.  Some actresses didn't like working with her because of her understated style.

Her last Academy Award was for the movie, The Sting, in 1974.  Here is one of her sketches of a costume worn by Paul Newman in that movie.


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Below is one of her sketches for a costume worn by Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper.


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Here is a sketch for a costume worn by Dorothy Lamour in Tropic Holiday.


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And finally, a sketch for the movie Harlow played by Caroll Baker.


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Enjoy!