You might have noticed that yesterday’s Google header honored the birthday of one of the most talented women to ever work in entertainment, Edith Head. The eight time Academy Award winner designed costumes for over…

Famous actress Betty Davis, rival of Joan Crawford, also demonstrated camp through her personality and acting. c. 1950. Retrieved from gettyimages.

ALL ABOUT EVE Bette Davis costume design by Edith Head

Is God a superfluous hypothesis for modern cosmology? According to the normal understanding of modern science, the answer should be affirmative because moder...

One of Edith Whartons unjustly neglected novels, Hudson River Bracketed features two strong protagonists - Vance Weston and Halo Spear. The former is an undereducated young man who arrives in New York with a keen desire to write. Halo Spear is a brilliant, accomplished young woman who introduces Vance to literature and they form a deep bond, which flourishes and endures despite the hardships of Vances life, the disappointments of Halos - and their respective marriages.

Magnifical song of the french singer Édith Piaf

For 58 years Edith Head was the woman behind the stars. The late costume designer dressed actresses such as Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Lamour and Elizabeth Taylor. That was her job, just as it is the job of Jerri Rosen, founder and CEO of Working Wardrobes in Costa Mesa, to dress her clients for success.The two […]

A pencil and gouache on board costume design for Jill Clayburgh by Edith Head, signed on the bottom right by Head. The design was for Clayburgh's role as Carole

Two design sketches signed “Edith Head.” Both marked “The ‘Topaz’ Look” with costume annotations. Topaz (Universal, 1969) was based on the Leon Uris novel and

Winner of eight Academy Awards, costume designer Edith Head's work defined the style of classic Hollywood. Today, collectors have designs on her famous vintage sketches.

You probably already know that Edith Windsor spent her later years fighting for marriage equality, but how much do you know about the whirlwind romance that started it all?

With all the propaganda surrounding the execution by the Germans of Edith Cavell, how much do we truly know about the World War One nurse who became revered as a heroine?

There are many good things about The Buccaneers (1995), the BBC miniseries based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton. It’s delightful eye candy all around — set in the late 1870s to…

This is the next part of Crimson Peak movie costumes analysis. In this material, we’ll talk about Edith Cushing’s outfits in all their glory. Unlike the costumes of Lucille Sharpe with her femme fatale look, Edith’s dresses radiate youth, innocence, and naivety. The costume designer of this film Kate Hawley even compares Edith with a canary in a coal mine. But all this doesn’t make her clothing pieces any less interesting and attractive. Let’s take a look at these costumes and some of their real-life historical equivalents.

See whether you relate to these wordsmiths’ observations about creating and publishing their works. Most of my favorite authors have not written anything new in hundreds of years. The Brontes, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, George Eliot—who all wrote in the 19th to early 20th century—have a combined body of work. Because nothing new […]

Today I am starting an exciting new series that I am calling Designers That Changed Fashion! This new series will featured and is dedicated too designers that I feel have fundamentally changed the fashion industry forever. Today I wanted to start off with a designer that seems to be forgotten all too often. Edith Head was a fashion forward, sophisticated designer whose vision for the looks she was trying to create has gone down in history. I do not own this image. I do not own this image. Best known for her Old Hollywood costumes, Edith Head was always able to create a feeling and atmosphere that surrounded each character she dressed. Something I have picked up on after watching several films in which her costumes were worn in is that Head usually liked a bit of drama, and I don't mean among the storyline. This drama was found in the fabric of the garments Head used. This pattern of dramatic fabrics change among each actor/actress Edith Head dressed, but it clear that she knew what would look best on each person. For instance, would Audrey Hepburn had looked as regal as she did in Roman Holiday (1953) if it were not for the somewhat stiff and sturdy fabric Head used? Not a chance. Would Grace Kelly had made the same breathtaking entrance in To Catch a Thief (1955) if she had not been wearing a dress that made her look like she was floating? I should think not! Edith Head understood the power of using different fabrics and this was a major key in how she played upon the emotions of audiences and set the scene. I do not own this image. I do not own this image. I do not own this image. Luckily for Edith Head and viewers alike, Alfred Hitchcock saw the genius in what Head was doing with costuming (as many other directors did at the time) and utilized her ability to signal to viewers important messages through fashion. A great example of this is in Rear Window (1954)! Hitchcock wanted the costumes to say more about the characters in this film than even the lines, so he hired Edith Head to take charge of the designs and she followed through with more than timeless ensembles. Even today Head's designs are considered a pinocle in film fashion and just fashion in general. In my opinion, she changed how fashion is perceived and allowed it to become a more mainstream form of art. So, a big congratulations to Edith Head for moving fashion forward and by making it more than just a necessity! Much Love, Sarah

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." -Edith Sitwell About Us Welcome, one and all, to...

Sir Giles Capel, Rayne Hall, Essex, England (until d. 1556; bequeathed to All Saints Chapel); All Saints Chapel, Rayne Hall, Essex, England (1556–1840; removed by Parmenter); William Parmenter, Bocking, Essex, England (1840–about 1866; sold for 10 s, to Courtauld); Edith Courtauld (later Arendrup), London, England (about 1866–80; gift to de Cosson); Baron Charles Alexander de Cosson, London (1880–93; sold on April 17, 1893, for Fr