Hollywood costume: Glamour, glitter, romance (A Balance House book)

ISBN: 0810910500

Author: McConathy, Dale

Condition: New

[publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York., New York] From the dustjacket: dazzling, extravagant costumes and the stars who wore them highlight this first major book on Hollywood costume. 127 extraordinary photographs of actual costumes, 79 in color, and over 200 photos from the great Hollywood movies and TV shows, with the stars wearing these costumes in well-remembered scenes. Guides the reader through the six turbulent decades of movie production from the 1910s to the seventies. Beautiful padded brocade cloth boards, clear plastic printed dustjacket, 317 pp., 112 plates,
From a reviewer:
Magnificent Volume on Fashion in connection with the Metropolitan Museum's exhibition " Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design" which clocked 800,000 visitors.127 extra-ordinary photographs by Keith Trumbo, some 200 photograps from the great Hollywood movies covering 6 turbulent decades starting 1910. Stars like Pola Negri, Swanson, Garbo, Hepburn, Streisand, Monroe, - Rudolph Valentino etc. as well as Femme Fatale of the 1930s, Flapper 1920, Waif , Pinup 1940, Sex Goddess 1950, Vamp 1910s, Hoofer. etc are seen wearing these customes. Designers, dressmakers, hairdressers, technicians and directors - Erte, Plunkett, and more. Custom productions and costs, behind-the-scene stories. Legendary Diana Vreeland is co-author. Biographies of many designers, description of all costumes shown.