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Designer Edith Head

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Edith Head (1897-1981) was an American costume designer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head

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Edith Head was…active in film from 1932 to 1982. She was the head designer at Paramount for many years. She married production designer Wiard Ihnen in 1940. Head was nominated by the Academy 35 times in the costume design category. She received Academy Awards for her work on THE HEIRESS (1949), ALL ABOUT EVE (1950), SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949), A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951), ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953), SABRINA (1954), THE FACTS OF LIFE (1960), and THE STING (1973). She authored two books, “The Dress Doctor” and “How to Dress for Success.”

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Dorothy Lamour’s sarong for the 1936 movie The Jungle Princess

Head won her first Academy Award for The Heiress (1949) in 1950

“Fasten your seatbelts” dress for All About Eve

Jacket and Slacks Design for for Kim Novak in Vertigo

Head won her last Academy Award for The Sting (1973) in 1974

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Further reading:
https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/30-fantastic-movie-costumes-by-edith-head.html
https://fidmmuseum.org/category/edith-head
https://www.oscars.org/collection-highlights/edith-head

Autoportrait Day 236~ Rosa Rolanda

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American artist Rosa Rolanda de Covarrubias (1895-1970)

1. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Gelatin silver print photogram / Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA

2. Self-Portrait, 1939 / Oil on canvas / Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

3. Autorretrato, c.1940 / Gouache on paper / Museo Colección Blaisten, Mexico City, MX

4. Autorretrato, 1952 / Oil on Canvas / Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MX

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January 19, 1853~ Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premieres

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Costume sketch by Alfred Edel

for the role of Manrico, performed at La Scala Theater in Milan, 1883

1883 / Tempera and watercolor on cardboard / 12 4/5”x8” / Casa Ricordi Publishing Co. Archives

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Costume Design for Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun by Léon Bakst

1912 / Published in “L’Art Decoraif de Leon Bakst” (Paris, 1913)
Digital Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries, Columbia, SC

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One masterpiece after another: The quiet revolutionism of Afternoon of a Faun~
https://www.roh.org.uk/news/one-masterpiece-after-another-the-quiet-revolutionism-of-afternoon-of-a-faun

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October 28, 1897~ American costume designer Edith Head is born

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Brown Evening Dress Design for “To Catch a Thief”  by Edith Head

1954 / Watercolor and gouache over graphite sketch on paper / 12 1/2”x16 1/2”
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison

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Wisconsin Historical Society~
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records?&terms=Edith%2cHead&facets=CREATOR_NAME%3a%22Head%2c+Edith%22
30 Fantastic Movie Costumes by the Legendary Edith Head~
https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/30-fantastic-movie-costumes-by-edith-head.html

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