Dressed To Kill

Edith Head was an American costume designer who was nominated for 35 and won eight Oscars starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1974). This is still a record in its category and the highest amount by any woman. 

 Along the way she had more influence over fashion and the design zeitgeist than any couture house on the planet. You've seen her work. You might not know it but you have. She worked for the Hollywood studios from 1924 all the way up to 1982, dressing icons and creating iconic images in every decade. Difficult to pick a few from her incredible body of work, but I've tried to narrow it down as much as I could! I think my favorite pieces are from What A Way To Go (1964) and everything she ever put Mae West into. Recognize and enjoy. 
Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd. 

Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, White Christmas

Grace Kelly, To Catch A Thief

Costume for Ginger Rogers, Lady In The Dark...thousands of sequins, trimmed in mink

Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina

Grace Kelly, To Catch A Thief

Hedy Lamarr, Delilah

Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette

Liz wearing Edith's periwinkle dream, Oscars 1970. The dress that matched her eyes.

Grace Kelly, Oscars, 1955

The famous gown of Bette Davis from All About Eve, mink trim

Barbara Stanwyck, Ball Of Fire

Natalie Wood, The Great Race

Janet Leigh, Oscars 1960

Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast At Tiffany's

Mae West...inimitable in Edith Head

Mae in Sextette (1978) her last movie. She was in her 80's!!! Look how spectacular Edith Head made her appear.

Shirley MacLaine, What A Way To Go (1964)

Saving my favorite gown of all time until last: You can see Edith's legs holding up Shirley's pink mink.