Claassen

In true Edith style, Claassen is not shy to critique the audience's outfits, but her impromptu conversations reveal interesting characters in the room, like choreographer and actress Miram Nelson (once married to Gene Nelson), who conversed with Claassen's alter ego about the three times the designer and she worked together during their mutual film careers, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

The play, featuring a tour de force performance by actress Susan Claassen, is now playing at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood.

Mary Hall: Conversations with Edith Head: A Play Worth Seeing Mary Hall 2010

In true Edith style, Claassen is not shy to critique the audience's outfits, but her impromptu conversations reveal interesting characters in the room, like choreographer and actress Miram Nelson (once married to Gene Nelson), who conversed with Claassen's alter ego about the three times the designer and she worked together during their mutual film careers, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

In true Edith style, Claassen is not shy to critique the audience's outfits, but her impromptu conversations reveal interesting characters in the room, like choreographer and actress Miram Nelson (once married to Gene Nelson), who conversed with Claassen's alter ego about the three times the designer and she worked together during their mutual film careers, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

The play, featuring a tour de force performance by actress Susan Claassen, is now playing at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood.

Mary Hall: Conversations with Edith Head: A Play Worth Seeing Mary Hall 2010

In true Edith style, Claassen is not shy to critique the audience's outfits, but her impromptu conversations reveal interesting characters in the room, like choreographer and actress Miram Nelson (once married to Gene Nelson), who conversed with Claassen's alter ego about the three times the designer and she worked together during their mutual film careers, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

SEEING DOUBLE: Actress Susan Claassen, known as Edith Head's doppelganger, has been playing the costuming icon in her one-woman show since 2002.

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

SEEING DOUBLE: Actress Susan Claassen, known as Edith Head's doppelganger, has been playing the costuming icon in her one-woman show since 2002.

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

SEEING DOUBLE: Actress Susan Claassen, known as Edith Head's doppelganger, has been playing the costuming icon in her one-woman show since 2002.

Style Section L.A.: Iconic Costume Designer Edith Head Comes Alive in a One-Woman Play Style Section L.A. 2010

Then Mr. Moon's girlfriend, Cindy Claassen, a 51-year-old massage therapist, took her concerns to a city council meeting last month.

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