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Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers (Dover Books on Fashion) | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Leese
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 301286
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 048626548X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430260922
EAN: 9780486265483
ASIN: 048626548X
Publication Date: March 1, 1991
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Product Description
Fascinating, comprehensive reference work provides biographical/career data for major American, British, and French designers since 1909: Theoni V. Aldredge (The Great Gatsby), Edith Head, (The Greatest Show on Earth), Orry-Kelly (An American in Paris), Irene Sharaff (Funny Girl) and many others. Updated to 1988. 177 illustrations, invaluable index of 6,000 films.
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 Very Good November 30, 2007
This book is basically an ancyclopedia of costume designers, their films and the dates.
The author did a magnificent research being this probably the first book written on the subject but it's definitely not a book "to read" (only the preface and introduction have some very interesting and "readable" data) as the book in itself is just a succession of names, dates and movie tittles.
It's a reference book.
The pictures though are really good.
 Nice book describing famous Fashion (movie) Designers up to 1988 July 27, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Good book! Lots of black-n-white photos of famous movie stars wearing wonderful designer fashions!
This book was originally written in 1988,thus,the 157 famous Hollywood Fashion Designers listed in this book are all here --- from the very beginning of Hollywood's Fashion movie Era , and then all the way up to 1988.
(NOTE: The reason the copyright on this book is 1991, is because the author added an information page in 1991. However, this book was really written in the 1980's).
Anyhow, this book lists all the Academy Award Fashion winners and also all British Award Fashion winners (in regards to Hollywood FASHIONS), from the late 1800's up until 1988!
Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers May 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent reference book with biographies of the most famous designers at the different studios. Nominations and Academy Awards are also referenced. There is an index that makes it easy to look up a film and find out who designed the costumes. I use it frequently. In some cases more than one designer worked on the same film. There are photographs of the designers and also their designs, however, I would like to see even more photographs...especially for the period 1930 through 1970. I would rate this book 4.5. It is also a good value for the price.
Costume Design in the Movies: An illistrated guide to the work of 157 great designers July 22, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I love fashion & many great designs were done by the designers for the old movie studios. It was interesting reading about how designers came up with ideas of an outfit to cover flaws or accent a movie star (i.e. Barbara Stanwycks low butt, Crawfords shoulder pads).
Fantastic Book For Classic Movie Lovers September 9, 2005
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
One of my favorite things about watching classic films is seeing all the amazing fashions! This book is a great collection of photos of classic stars wearing classic costumes. Lots of stars are in here including Bette Davis, Norma Shearer, Carole Landis, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, and Irene Dunne. You will learn who designed each outfit and there is a little biographical information about the designers too.
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