Edith Head's Hollywood

by Edith Head and Paddy Calistro

Book Overview

Celebrating a quarter-century since its initial release, Edith Head's Hollywood is reissued in trade paper, complete with an expanded photo section featuring the best work of the world's most famous costume designer. Through six decades of Hollywood fashion, Edith Head dressed the screen's best--Dietrich, Lombard, the Hepburns, Hope and Crosby, Grace Kelly and Elvis Presley, to name a few. She won eight Oscars(R). As Bette Davis says in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883318890
• ISBN13: 9781883318895
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Angel City Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Edith Head's Hollywood doesn't disappoint!

I bought a used copy of this book, and I really enjoyed it. There are a ton of pictures...of Edith herself and of the stars she dressed. If you love classic Hollywood films, this is a great insider's look. I also learned a lot about Edith's background & personal life, and I think it really defines being a "self-starter". She came from a completely different background & was able to use her wit and ingenuity to do exactly what she wanted to do. And every time I watch To Catch a Thief, I'm so grateful that she did it!

Edith Head & Padded Shoulders Above the Rest

Though she was born Edith Claire Posener (in 1897), the tiny powerhouse of a woman we have come to know and admire as Edith Head was no poser. No, not at all. She was the real thing. And now she has written a book. All about her life as a costume designer in Tinsel Town (AKA Hollywood). Check it out. She herself had a odd haircut and didn't dress all that well. But she made excellent movie clothes for all of the best female actors in Hollywoodland. With her peculiar dutch boy haircut and her thick impenetrable glasses, it is rumored that the cartoon character Marcie from "Peanuts" was based on our dear Edith - as Peppermint Patty was based on her long time friend, actress Anne Baxter. But that is neither here nor there. Enjoy her book.

Very entertaining with lots of amusing stories

"Edith Head's Hollywood" goes where "The Dress Doctor" failed to by giving readers a more in depth look into the woman behind the enigmatic designer. This book also dispells various rumors about Edith and gets behind the truth to several false claims and accusations (some by Edith herself). Very well researched and put together with an extensive listing of the films Edith worked on over her successful 50 year career as Hollywoods most proclaimed costume designer.