#Edith Head

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Hedy Lamarr's 'peacock dress', designed by Edith Head, for "Samson and Delilah", 1949. I heard the feathers were gathered from the grounds of Cecil B. DeMille's estate.

[recycledmoviecostumes]

Edith Head designed this blue gown, accented with open vertical stitching, for Barbara Stanwyck to wear in the 1949 film The File on Thelma Jordan. The piece was seen again a few years later in the 1952 film Something to Live For, where Teresa Wright wore it as Edna Miller. 

The costume went up for auction at Bonhams in 2019. The auction description describes the dress as follows:

Paramount Pictures, 1950. Designed by Edith Head. Blue-gray linen cap-sleeved day dress with a vertical design of cream-colored stitching from top to bottom, with a flared skirt and built-in cream-colored belt, bearing an interior blue-lettered “Paramount” label inscribed, “Teresa Wright” in black ink. Universally beloved Barbara Stanwyck is believably evil in this underrated film noir directed by Robert Siodmak in which she plays Wendell Corey for a fool. Edith Head, well known for reusing costumes, used this dress two years later for Teresa Wright in Something to Live For (1952) in which she plays an alcoholic. Both actresses wore the dress in their respective films as well as in publicity portraits. Accompanied by 2 publicity stills and a color lithograph of Stanwyck wearing the dress.

Costume Credit: Veryfancydoilies

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[ediths-shades]

DIANE BAKER in Marnie (1964)

Costume design by Edith Head

[citizenscreen]

Natalie Wood delighted by costumes sketched by Edith Head for SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964)

[ladybegood]

Edith Head photographed by Bob Willoughby, 1960

[gatabella]

Grace Kelly (Edith Head, 1954) - Kim Novak (Jean Louis, 1954)

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

October: White Redux

The Court Jester / Angela Lansbury as Princess Gwendolyn

I'm pretty sure this is the dress that Gwendolyn is wearing under the blue and green robe/cloak that I featured in July--compare the cuffs. It's the most luxurious of all Gwendolyn's dresses, with the lavish gold trim and embroidery. It also reminds me of the gown worn by the lady in Edmund Leighton's painting The Accolade (see below)--enough that I wonder whether there is a deliberate reference. Especially since Gwendolyn wears this gown to a knighting ceremony, even though she doesn't get to do the actual "accolade" in the movie!

[voguefashion]

“What I remember, is that brown satin dress cinching in my waist to about a 23, and I have not counted that low since.”        

Shirley MacLaine tries on a Edith Head gown made of espresso brown duchese satin, with a long moulded bodice, full bell skirt of unpressed pleats that she will wear to the Academy Awards in 1959. Shirley was nominated that year for her performance in Some Came Running and Edith won best costume design that year for The Buccaneer.

[chicinsilk]

"Kelly bag"

Grace Kelly (carrying Kelly bag by Hermès) on her last day on the Hollywood studio lot before her departure for Monaco, photo by Allan Grant for Life magazine, April 9, 1956. Grace is wearing a Suit by Edith Head,Hermès bag and Ferragamo shoes.

Grace Kelly (portant le sac Kelly d'Hermès) lors de son dernier jour sur le terrain des studios hollywoodiens avant son départ pour Monaco, photo d'Allan Grant pour le magazine Life, 9 avril 1956. Grace porte un tailleur d'Edith Head, un sac Hermès et des chaussures Ferragamo.

[ruched]

The “Think Pink” musical number from Funny Face (1957)

Costume design by Edith Head

[costumeloverz71]

Emmadel Jones (Jane Wyman) Cream satin dress with purple beading. Here Comes The Groom (1951). Costume by Edith Head.

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Jerry Lewis ₊ ⊹₊ ⊹🪐

Jerry Lewis as Kreton during the filming of Visit to a Small Planet

1959

[citizenscreen]

Edith Head with three female models taken during the Screen Directors' Fashion Show for FUNNY FACE in 1957.

[ladybegood]

Edith Head photographed by Bob Willoughby, 1960

[fashioninpaper]

Costume design for Audrey Hepburn by Edith Head

(Breakfast at Tiffany’s)