Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer
- ISBN-10
- 0762438053
- ISBN-13
- 9780762438051
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-05
- Publisher
- Running Press Adult
- Author
- Jay Jorgensen
Description
In a compendium of never-before-seen sketches, costume test shots, behind-the-scenes photos and ephemera, the author collects and comments on the work of one of Hollywood's most celebrated costume designers, who worked on 400 films--including Sabrina and Rear Window--and received 35 Oscar nominations.
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- 2010-10-05
- 400 pages
- Ebook
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- 2003-03-04
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Harper
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