The Dress Doctor - Softcover

Head, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062007351 ISBN 13: 9780062007353

Publisher: Harper Design, 2011

Synopsis

Before there was a throng of celebrity stylists permeating our culture, the legendary Edith Head was dressing Hollywood's most fashionable women and men on screen and off, and lending her sartorial wisdom to eager women across the country. With more than 80 chic, colourful, especially commissioned illustrations, this charming volume is brimming with a mix of informative and amusing fashion sound bites from a to z. Readers will relish Head's classic style tips, benefiting from her timeless expertise on developing a personal style, assessing one's figure and dressing to flatter it, building a wardrobe, and judging quality. They'll love her many entertaining inside stories on dressing Hollywood's leading men and women - Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, and many more - and looking at Bil Donovan's gorgeous re-creations of Head's most famous costumes.

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Review:

'In the 1950s, American women took more sartorial inspiration from film, and in 1959 Head published The Dress Doctor, her bestselling autobiography and style guide. The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style from A to Z is an adaption of that book, presented as an illustrated paperback. Bill Donovan's illustrations give Head's epigrams vitality but is her advice still relevant half a century later?' --Financial Times Weekend, May 2011

From the Back Cover:

Long before celebrity stylists became as renowned as the Oscar-winning film stars they advise, the legendary costume designer Edith Head was dressing Hollywood's most fashionable women and men, on screen and off, as well as lending her sartorial wisdom to women across the country on radio and television. In 1959, she published a bestselling memoir and style guide, The Dress Doctor, in which she also shared dozens of entertaining anecdotes about Hollywood's A-list with her fans. This special gift edition—an alphabetical romp through the art of getting dressed and dressing Hollywood—features Edith Head's best advice and stories, in her own words, along with gorgeous new illustrations.

From entries on Audrey Hepburn to Zooture, The Dress Doctor is filled with Head's timeless tips: her expertise on developing a personal style, dressing to flatter one's figure, building a wardrobe, and judging quality. Here are prescriptions for dressing properly for any activity, be it bowling, housecleaning, roller-skating, or making breakfast. Bil Donovan's stunning re-creations of Head's most famous gowns bring the designer's work vividly to life again, along with Hollywood icons Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and many others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Design
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062007351
• ISBN 13: 9780062007353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80