From left to right – Model, Orry Kelly, Bernard Newman, Travis Banton, Edith Head, Adrian, and Irene. With model showing evening gown, 1955: Edith at bat 1957: A fashion show… Read more “What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage.” Edith Head →
Even Google got into the act today with Miss Edith’s birthday: They lived in a wonderful house called, Casa Ladera…
This post has been getting a lot of traffic since Carla died on June 12th, 2014, I thought I’d put it front and center…for she burned bright and long. Today… Read more Carla Laemmle (104) recalls life in and around movies at Universal Studios – Los Angeles Times →
I wouldn’t have loved you if you’d been a usual man. And you wouldn’t have loved me if I’d been a woman who didn’t dress like an insect… Okay, that’s… Read more Katherine Heburn, cute as bug in Christopher Strong (1933) →
“Notorious was my first opportunity to dress Ingrid the way she should be. For such a big woman, she was a joy to dress. I was able to do evening… Read more Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious →
Later today I’m posting information about a wonderful production, “A Conversation with Edith Head” that will be at the Pasadena Playhouse November 8th – December 1st… But, first I’d like … Read more PASADENA PLAYHOUSE – WARDROBE →
Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, and Cary Grant on the patio set of Alicia’s apartment in Rio:
A nice publicity still showing director Fritz Lang conferring with actress Joan Bennett and costume designer Travis Banton over a wardrobe sketch. Later we’ll talk about the influence of Fritz… Read more SCARLET STREET – 1945 →
