A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer filmed in her opulent house and garden. Edith Head presents some of her famous designs using glamorous models to impersonate Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Lamour, Ginger Rogers, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly. They move to the music of the films for which she was the designer as Head recalls the times and places that served as inspiration for the famed looks.
Costume
Seeing original pieces on models channeling their iconic wearers.
Production
Head's actual home as living museum of her career.
Director
Christian Blackwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edith Head holds the record for most competitive Oscars won by a woman: eight statuettes across four decades.
The film's 1981 release coincided with Head's final years; she died in 1981, making this essentially her cinematic farewell.
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