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  Featuring the most beloved costume designs from the past 100 years of Hollywood films, Hollywood Costume celebrates, for the very first time, the costume designer’s contribution to the telling of the cinematic story. Published in conjunction with an exhibition launched at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London that the New York Times called “extraordinary,” the book showcases the talents of renowned designers such as Adrian, Edith Head, and Sandy Powell, among many others, whose work spans the silent era to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present day. Essays by a wide variety of leading scholars, archivists, and private collectors, as well as contributions by contemporary costume designers, actors, and directors, take a close look at the conventions of what is considered “costume” and the role of the designer in creating a film’s characters and helping to shape its narrative. With memorable wardrobe classics from The Tramp, Ben-Hur, Cleopatra, The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ocean’s Eleven, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, and many more, Hollywood Costume is the ultimate volume for fashionistas and film lovers alike. Praise for Hollywood... [Read More]

Excellent Book

Movie stars have such a consensus: only when wearing the special clothing, can they be better put into the movie roles, from concept to emotion, and even express and perform with special personality. This is undoubtedly very high evaluation to the costume designers which also lays the unshakeable position for clothing design in filming shooting. This book includes the exclusive interviews of sixteen talented film costume designers on top of the world. Through interviews, it shows all aspects of film costume design work, including function and attribute of costume design work, creativity of film costume design, and selection of costume categories as well as how to overcome the difficulties encountered in the filming, etc. A large number of pictures and manuscripts in this book are from the recent classic films. It also makes in-depth study on the contemporary film projects, such as 007, Die another Day, Batman Dark Knight and Forrest Gump, etc. This book provides an opportunity for readers to deeply understand film costume design. From multi angles, it introduces the creative concept of professional film costume design, fashion vision language application as well as stories behind t... [Read More]

Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 20, 2012-Jan. 27, 2013 at the Victoria and Albert Museum,

Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this volume of the FilmCraft series of books, 16 of the world's leading costume designers come together to share their inspiration and knowledge with the reader. They provide insights into the challenges of building a team, working with budgets, and collaboration with production designers, actors and directors. Designers featured include Academy Award winners Janty Yates, Jenny Beavan, Lindy Hemming and Yvonne