The Dress Doctor
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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 of Hollywood with entertaining anecdotes about dressing some of the town's biggest legends-Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, and Marlene Dietrich, to name a few. In her lifetime, Head was also a sought-after authority by everyday women for her invaluable tips on dressing well: The Dress Doctor includes her witty observations and dispenses the no-nonsense timeless advice for which she was legendary.
This classic guide to personal style reveals:
- Behind-the-Scenes Stories: Read candid anecdotes from the fitting rooms of Hollywood legends like Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Bette Davis.
- Timeless Style Advice: Discover Edith Head's no-nonsense rules for dressing well, straight from her bestselling 1959 autobiography.
- The First Celebrity Stylist: Discover the methods she used to create unforgettable looks for icons like Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock's heroines.
- Lavish Fashion Illustrations: Enjoy beautiful, full-color artwork by Bil Donovan, bringing Head's most iconic designs from films like Rear Window and All About Eve to life.
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Edith Head (1897-1981) is indisputably the most famous costume designer of all time. During her forty-four years at Paramount Studios, she dressed Hollywood's biggest stars and created some of the most iconic fashion images on film. In the course of her career, she received thirty-four Oscar nominations for costume design and won the award eight times. She also dispensed her advice to countless women through newspaper columns, magazine articles, television and radio shows, and her two books, The Dress Doctor and How to Dress for Success. She is honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame, along with other luminaries of the silver screen past and present.
