#edith head

[mistressvera]

Samson and Delilah (1949) costume appreciation: 10/∞

costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Period dramas | costume appreciation: 25/∞

Angela Lansbury as Semadar

[mudwerks]

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Anne Baxter "Nefretiri" Turquoise Gown

Designed by Edith Head

[acecroft]

VERONICA LAKE as Susan Cleaver in Saigon (1947) costume design by Edith Head

[roses-in-hollywood]

Shirley MacLaine in What A Way To Go! (1964)

Costumes by Edith Head

[graceandfamily]

GRACE KELLY Wardrobe Test Shot REAR WINDOW. Edith Head designer

[vampirecorleone]

"Shirley MacLaine is quoted as saying she was happy to work with Edith Head, with a $500,000.00 budget, 72 hairstyles to match the gowns, and $3.5-million gem collection, on-loan from Harry Winston. The value of the gems, adjusted for inflation, would be $23.5 million in 2016" What a Way to Go! (1964) dir. J. Lee Thompson || Costume Design by Edith Head

[hotvintagepoll]

Cary Grant!

Another man extremely observant of what women wear is Cary Grant, and I use him frequently as medical consultant. Cary has lived everywhere; he has international background; his taste is impeccable. (I consider him not only the most beautiful but the most beautifully dressed man in the world.) ..... You can trust Cary Grant. His is a discerning eye, a meticulous sense of detail. When we were making To Catch a Thief, he came up to the Clinic and planned a color scheme for his wardrobe throughout the picture. He found what Grace Kelly was wearing in each scene, then selected clothes to complement hers. "She's wearing a pale blue bathing suit for the beach scene? Good, I'll wear plaid shorts. She's wearing a gray dress? How would it be if I wear a dark jacket and gray slacks?" That he admired the clothes I'd done for Grace was my best assurance and insurance.

Dress Doctor, by Edith Head

(Edith frames her practice as a costume designer as being akin to that of a doctor, hence why she calls her studio a "clinic" and Cary a "medical consultant.')

[joeinct]

Hanna Schygulla and costume designer Edith Head, Los Angeles, Photo by Helmut Newton, 1980