The Costumes of Hollywood details the design creation and influence of over 100 ensembles from some of the most iconic designers films and roles in Hollywood history spanning the 1920s through the early 21st century. All costumes featured are from The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design one of the world’s largest private collections curated over thirty-five years by leading Hollywood costume historian and archivist Larry Mc Queen. The book presents full costumes on display in addition to close-ups and rarely seen interior details of some garments. Iconic costumes including many with Academy Award nominations from Some Like It Hot Hello Dolly Cabaret Rear Window Ben Hur Mildred Pierce Angel Masters of the Universe The Piano The Hunger Games and so many others are featured. This book gives the audience a rare and heretofore unpublished insight into what collecting restoring and reproducing entails and highlights differences between private collecting and museum-backed collections. The Costumes of Hollywood details the significance of the designer costume and wearer via thorough research interviews and Larry Mc Queen’s behind-the-scenes knowledge of collecting and working as an archivist in Hollywood. Within the entertainment field this book will be of interest to professional costume designers and technicians in film theatre and performance as well as students of film production history and costume design and construction. The Costumes of Hollywood will also enrich and entertain anyone with an interest in costume design in film and collecting. |The Costumes of Hollywood Highlights from The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design | Theatre and Performance
