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How Costume Designer Edith Head Became Hollywood’s ‘Dress Doctor’ for Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and More
Closer explores how costume designer Edith Head became Hollywood's 'dress doctor' by putting together outfits for Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and more.
Her typical work style consisted of a nondescript skirt suit, severe bangs and the blue-toned sunglasses she began wearing early in her career when she needed a sense of how an outfit would appear in a black and white film. Instead, she created timeless classics like Grace Kelly’s airy chiffons in Rear Window, Elizabeth Taylor’s romantic white dress in A Place in the Sun and Gloria Swanson’s cascading black nightdress in Sunset Boulevard. In addition to costumes for films, she worked in TV and created uniforms for Pan Am flight attendants and tour guides at the United Nations.
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