Before the throng of renowned celebrity stylists permeating our culture today, before Project Runway became a multiseason sensation spawning new designers from the masses and turning Parsons' Chair of the Department of Fashion Tim Gunn into a celebrated stylist extraordinaire, the legendary Edith Head was dressing Hollywood's most fashionable women and men on screen and off, lending her sartorial wisdom to women across America.
With more than 80 chic, colourful specially commissioned illustrations, this little volume -- the text of which is culled from Head's autobiography THE DRESS DOCTOR -- is brimming with a mix of informative and amusing editorial sound bites. 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 entertaining inside stories on dressing Hollywood's leading men and women -- Marlene Dietrich's obsessive search for the right red shoes, Bette Davis's testing of a skirt by throwing herself on a chaise lounger,-- and looking at Donovan's gorgeous re-creations of Head's most famous gowns. Finally, they'll delight in the "dressing properly" tips sprinkled throughout the book. Sartorially, times do change, so they'll get a kick out of the wittily illustrated tips on what to wear to play ping pong or go to the circus or shoot archery.
