HOLLYWOOD COSTUME. GLAMOUR! GLITTER! ROMANCE!
by Dale McConathy and Diana Vreeland
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. In Cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New york , 1976. First edition. Large quarto in full embroidered silk cloth over padded boards. In a printed clear acrylic dustjacket. Both the book and dust jacket are bright and fine. The publisher's card is still laid in and the book appears to have never been read. A superb copy. From the dustjacket flap: "Dazzling, extravagant costumes and the stars who wore them highlight this first major book on Hollywood costume. 127 extraordinary photographs of actual costumes, 79 in full color, were made especially for this book by fashion photographer Keith Trumbo. Most of these pictures are of costumes assembled for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's record breaking show, "Romantic and Glamorous Hollyood Design", while some were added from other collections. The photographs capture not only the exquisite materials and craftsmanship of the clothes but their aura of glamour and romance. And, in some 200 photographs from the great Hollywood movies and TV shows, the stars are seen wearing these costumes in well-remembered dramatic scenes. Here, too, in pictures and intimate biographies--many based on personal interviews--are the stars themselves from Pickford, Crawford, Garbo, and Hepburn to Garland, Streisand, and Cher, as well as the designers, dressmakers, hairdressers, technicians, and directors who made and selected these stunning clothes--Adrian, Erte, von Stroheim, Minelli, Mackie, Plunkett, and many more. The lively and informative text discloses details of costume production and its fabulous costs (one dress alone cost over 30,000) while guiding the reader through six turbulent decades of movie production from the 1910's to the present. It illuminates the tempermental clashes between stars, directors, and designers and the whole fascinating behind-the-scenes story of the magnificent costumes that adorned Hollywood's most exciting stars. There is an extensive bibliography, descriptions of the costumes, biographies of designers, and an index." See photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9188
- Title
- HOLLYWOOD COSTUME. GLAMOUR! GLITTER! ROMANCE!
- Author
- Dale McConathy and Diana Vreeland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams Inc. In Cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New york
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Costume Hollywood Art Design
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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