Edith Head is probably the most iconic of all Hollywood costume designers. Beginning in the early 1930s until her retirement in 1977, Edith Head costumed the stars of over 500 films. With 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, she won 8—the closest to come to her record is Irene Sharaff, who garnered 15 nominations and 5 wins. Edith Head truly surpassed all of her competition. Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Lucille Ball, Barbara Stanwyck, Mae West, Elizabeth Tayl...

Edith Head was perhaps the most famous Hollywood costume designer of all time. Long before Rachel Zoe, Andrea Leibermann, Estee Stanley, and Nicole Chavez were styling Hollywood celebrities, eight-time Oscar Award-winning Edith Head was the sartorial sensation behind the silver screen’s most high-profile stars and starlets. The Dress Doctor, adapted from her 1959 autobiography and enhanced with lavish illustrations of her most famous dresses by artist Bill Donovan, revisits the Golden Age ...

Celebre costumista e vincitrice di numerosi premi Oscar, incontreremo Edith Head prima delle riprese del film "La Finestra sul Cortile" di Alfred Hitchcock del 1954. La donna aspetta, ad un appuntamento, sia il famoso regista che la futura protagonista del film (Grace Kelly).La sua attesa sarà una occasione per riflettere sulla stretta connessione tra cinema e moda.

Step behind the scenes of Hollywood's Golden Age with Edith Head's The Dress Doctor. This captivating book offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and career of Edith Head, the legendary costume designer whose visionary work earned her a record-breaking eight Academy Awards and solidified her status as a fashion icon.The Dress Doctor is a delightful and insightful memoir that chronicles Edith Head's illustrious career in the film industry. With wit and charm, Head shares her expe...

The first in a series of riveting behind-the-scenes mysteries, Renee Patrick's Design for Dying is a delightful romp through Hollywood's Golden Age.Los Angeles, 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl . . . until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate, Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount Pictures, domain of Edit...

A Seattle Times Best of 2017 Book!The second installment of the Edith Head and Lillian Frost mytsery series, Renee Patrick's Dangerous to Know beguilingly blends forgotten fact and fanciful fiction, while keeping Hollywood glamour front and centerLos Angeles, 1938. Former aspiring actress Lillian Frost is adjusting to a new life of boldfaced names as social secretary to a movie-mad millionaire. Costume designer Edith Head is running ...

Discover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography.As a child in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, Edith Head had few friends and spent most of her time dressing up her toys and pets and even wild animals using fabric scraps. She always knew she wanted to move somewhere full of people and excitement. She set her sights on Hollywood and ...

This is the story of young Steve and Linda and their exciting vacation in a Maine seacoast town. Into their days of summer fun came a number of interesting characters and the strange story of the past of Graveyard Head...What were the weird, moving lights out on the ocean? Who had stolen Linda's painting of the "Dead Ship" from the summer art show? What was behind the mysterious Wiggins and his cunning ability at knife-throwing?Tension mounts and Linda and Steve find themse...

A SUMMER OF MYSTERY!This is the story of young Steve and Linda and their exciting vacation in a Maine seacoast town. Into their days of summer fun came a number of interesting characters and the strange story of the past of Graveyard Head...What were the weird, moving lights out on the ocean? Who had stolen Linda's painting of the "Dead Ship" from the summer art show? What was behind the mysterious Wiggins and his cunning ability at knife-throwing?Tension mounts and...

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all.In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Having found Love what happens when we lose it. Of course this can be for many reasons but the results almost aways br...

The world’s most famous sleuth returns in “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” —a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. In later seasons, Holmes was played by Tom Conway and John Stanley, and Watson was played by Alfred Shirley. Episodes from 1939 through 1943 were written or adapted by Edith Meiser from the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From 1943 onward, most shows were written or adapted by...