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04214aam a2200505 i 4500 001 4AFACD42851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 230227s2023 kyuacf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023006025 020 $a 0813197910 020 $a 9780813197913 035 $a (OCoLC)1347428214 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d ZQP $d ZVP $d JQW $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9.C56 $b E87 2023 082 00 $a 791.43/6564 $2 23/eng/20230227 100 1 $a Esquevin, Christian, $e author. 245 10 $a Designing Hollywood : $b studio wardrobe in the golden age / $c Christian Esquevin. 246 30 $a Studio wardrobe in the golden age 264 1 $a Lexington, Kentucky : $b The University Press of Kentucky, $c [2023] 300 $a 250 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), portraits ; $c 27 cm 520 $a "Since the 1920s, fashion has played a central role in Hollywood. As the movie-going population consisted largely of women, studios made a concerted effort to attract a female audience by foregrounding fashion. Magazines featured actresses like Jean Harlow and Joan Crawford bedecked in luxurious gowns, selling their glamour as enthusiastically as the film itself. Whereas actors and actresses previously wore their own clothing, major studios hired costume designers and wardrobe staff to fabricate bespoke costumes for their film stars. Designers from a variety of backgrounds, including haute couture and art design, were offered long-term contracts to work on multiple movies. Though their work typically went uncredited, they were charged with creating an image for each star that would help define an actor both on- and off-screen. The practice of working long-term with a single studio disappeared when the studio system began unravelling in the 1950s. By the 1970s, studios had disbanded their wardrobe departments and auctioned off their costumes and props. In Designing Hollywood: Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age, Christian Esquevin showcases the designers who dressed Hollywood's stars from the late 1910s through the 1960s and the unique symbiosis they developed with their studios in creating iconic looks. Studio by studio, Esquevin details the careers of designers like Vera West, who worked on Universal productions such as Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dracula (1931), and Bride of Frankenstein (1931); William Travilla, the talent behind Marilyn Monroe's dresses in Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955); and Walter Plunkett, the Oscar-winning designer for film classics like Gone with the Wind (1939) and An American in Paris (1951). Featuring black and white photographs of leading ladies in their iconic looks as well as captivating original color sketches, Designing Hollywood takes the reader on a journey from drawing board to silver screen"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Costume design in the movies -- Universal Studios -- Fox and 20th Century Fox -- Paramount Pictures -- Warner Bros. -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- Columbia Pictures -- RKO Pictures -- The wrap up. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Costume. 650 0 $a Fashion in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Clothing and dress in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Fashion designers $z Los Angeles. $z Los Angeles. 650 0 $a Costume design $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a History. 650 7 $a Clothing and dress in motion pictures $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01902828 650 7 $a Costume $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00880759 650 7 $a Costume design $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00880794 650 7 $a Fashion designers $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921628 650 7 $a Fashion in motion pictures $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921643 651 7 $a California $z Los Angeles $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204540 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010208.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014200.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4AFACD42851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search