November 2007
Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design
Author: Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0060816503
ISBN13: 9780060816506
Trim: 9 x 12
Pages: 592
Illustrations: 700 illustrations; mix of 4c & bw photos
Release Date: 11/14/2007
Price: $75.00 / $94.50 Can.
Territory: W
SYNOPSIS
From the lavish productions of the 1930s to the extravagance of the 1980s and the blockbusters of the ’90s, Hollywood’s most memorable movie moments all have one thing in common—visually stunning costume design. Whether spectacular or subtle, elaborate or barely there, costumes must be more than merely a perfect fit; they speak a language all their own, communicating mood, personality, and setting, and propelling the action of the movie as much as a scripted line or synthetic clap of thunder. More than a few careers have been launched from costumes alone, and many an era defined by the intuition of a costume designer—think Charlie Chaplin in The Little Tramp, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones.
In Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Landis presents 100 years of Hollywood’s most tantalizing wardrobes. With a foreword from Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston, this limited edition book, signed by the author and impeccably designed, is a flawless showcase of each decade of Hollywood history. Featuring 300 high-quality photographs and scores of original sketches—many in color, and seen here for the first time, Dressed is part glossy lookbook, part insightful guide to the costumer’s art—and this exquisite collector’s edition, the one book no film and fashion lover will want to be without.
AUTHOR PROFILE
Deborah Nadoolman Landis is president of the Hollywood Costume Designers Guild, of which she has been a member for nearly thirty years. Her costume design credits include Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Three Amigos and Coming to America, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Landis has a Ph.D. in the history of costume design from the Royal College of Art and lives with her husband, director John Landis, in Beverly Hills, CA.