Audrey Hepburn and Edith Head on set of Roman Holiday!

Audrey Hepburn puts on her tiara and necklace while on the set of Roman Holiday (1952, by William Wyler) with Edith Head standing behind her .
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Edith Head & Hanna Schygulla by Helmut Newton!

Edith Head & Hanna Schygulla. Los Angeles 1980. Photo by Helmut Newton.

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The genius behind Hitchcock’s most famous costumes…

Edith Head (1897-1981) was a brilliant Hollywood fashion designer who collaborated with Hitchcock on many of his films.She has won 8 Academy Awards & 35 nominations, more than any other woman. Her first job was as a teacher of French, Spanish and Art at the Bishop School for Girls at La Jolla, California. She got into films by answering a wanted ad as a sketch artist for Paramount. She also executed the design of Hubert de Givenchy for Audrey Hepburn’s famous gown !

She is the costume designer on Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Sunset bvd (1950), The Sting (1973), All About Eve (1950), A Place In The Sun (1951), Sullivan’s Travels (1941) & nearly every dressed every diva in a Paramount film.

© A final collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock & Edith Head. On the set of “Family Plot” (1976)

© Edith Head with her sketches. It is said they were mainly drawn by her students.

© Edith Head in 1954. Upon received her 5th Oscar that year, this is what she had to say:
” I’m going to take it home and design a dress for it!”