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  • "Her experience onscreen, working with famous costume designers such as Edith Head made her well-informed when it came to selecting her personal wardrobe," said the show's curator Jenny Lister, adding: "In some respects, this shows carries on where our 2006 French couture show left off [ 'The Golden Age of French Couture: Paris and London, 1947-57']."

    The Art Newspaper - RSS 2010

  • But women today could do worse than to turn to the hard-earned sartorial knowledge of a fashion icon of yesterday: Hollywood costume designer Edith Head.

    What To Wear?Ask Edith Pia Catton 2011

  • Alan Broadbent's string orchestrations for these feminine forms are so tangible that they're literally sonic fabric; he's as much Edith Head as he is Miklos Rosza.

    Getting Down to Brass Tacks Will Friedwald 2011

  • In an Edith Head dress that matched her eyes, tan and voluptous and accompanied by Burton, Taylor epitomized red-carpet glamor.

    Wendy Brandes: Elizabeth Taylor: A Diamond's Best Friend Wendy Brandes 2011

  • They even honored designer Edith Head, who did all the costumes for my W.C. Fields & Me film.

    Jay Weston: Mr. Beverly Hills, Fred Hayman, Honored... and His Biography Is Published Jay Weston 2011

  • In an Edith Head dress that matched her eyes, tan and voluptous and accompanied by Burton, Taylor epitomized red-carpet glamor.

    Wendy Brandes: Elizabeth Taylor: A Diamond's Best Friend Wendy Brandes 2011

  • Throughout the book, Ms. Tiel imparts lessons gleaned from women she admires, including Hollywood costume designer Edith Head Get along with the crew.

    A Miniskirt Started It Pia Catton 2011

  • They even honored designer Edith Head, who did all the costumes for my W.C. Fields & Me film.

    Jay Weston: Mr. Beverly Hills, Fred Hayman, Honored... and His Biography Is Published Jay Weston 2011

  • With a splendid score by Aaron Copland, majestic costumes by Edith Head, and Wyler's mastery of psychological tension, "The Heiress" (like its star) remains a Hollywood treasure.

    John Farr: A Tale of Two Sisters: Hollywood's Longest Running Feud 2010

  • Costume designer Edith Head, one of the other great careerist powers at the studio, seemed irritated by his fetish for physical authenticity, and by a perfectionism she regarded as pedantic: the finished costume had to be identical to the sketch.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

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