Cinema fashion reading list
Bailey, M. Those Glorious Glamour Years: Classic Hollywood Costume Design of the 1930s New York, 1988
Berry, S. Screen Style: Fashion and Feminity in 1930s Hollywood Minnesota, 2002
Boyer, G.B. Fred Astaire Style London, 2005
Bruzzi, S. Undressing Cinema New York, 1997
Chace, R. The Complete Book of Oscar Fashion New York, 2004
Chierichatti, D. Hollywood Costume Design Berlin, 1976
Cook, P. Fashioning The Nation: Costume and Identity in British Cinema London, 1996
Cosgrave, B. Made for Each Other: Fashion and the Academy Awards London, 2006
Delgaudio, S. Dressing the Part: Sternberg, Dietrich and Costume New Jersey, 1993
Delpierre, M., De Fleury, M. & Lebrun, D. French Elegance in the Cinema Paris, 1988
Engelmeier, R. & P. & Einzig, B. Fashion in Film New York, 1997
Fox, P. Star Style: Hollywood Legends as Fashion Icons New York, 1995
Fox, P. Star Style at the Academy Awards: A Century of Glamour New York, 2000
Gaines, J. & Herzog, C. Fabrications: Costume and the Female Body New York, 1990
Higson, A. English Heritage, English Cinema: Costume Drama Since 1980 Oxford, 2003
Landis, D.N. Costume Design: Screen Craft East Sussex, 2003
Landis. D.N. Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design New York, 2006
Landis, D.N. (ed.) 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to Character California, 2005
La Vine, P. In A Glamorous Fashion: The Fabulous Years Of Hollywood Costume Design New York, 1980
Leese, E. Costume Design in the Movies New York, 1976
McConathey, D. Hollywood Costume: Glamour! Glitter! Romance! New York
Maeder, Ed (ed). Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film London, 1987
Massey, A. Hollywood Beyond the Screen London, 2000
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design New York, 1974
Panicelli, I., Mafai, G., Delli Colli, L. & Mazza, S. Fellini: Costumes and Fashion Florence, 1996
Pinnuck, J. Contemporary Costume Film: Space, Place, and the Past London, 2005
Street, S. Costume and Cinema London, 2002
Torregrossa, R. Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style New York, 2006
Whitworth Art Gallery. Hollywood Film Costume Manchester, 1977
Individual designers
Gilbert Adrian
Gutner, H. Gowns by Adrian, the MGM Years 1928-1941 New York, 2001
Tomerlin, S.L. American Fashion New York, 1975
Cecil Beaton
Beaton, C. Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964
Howard Greer
Greer, H. Designing Male Robert Hale, 1952
Edith Head
Benesh, C.L.E. Reflections of Edith Head: An Exhibition of Costumes and Sketches, February 19 Through March 28, 1976 California, 1976
Chierichetti, D. Edith Head: The Life and Times Of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer New York, 2003
Head, E. & Ardmore, J.K. The Dress Doctor Boston, 1959
Head, E. Edith Head's Hollywood California, 1983
Helen Rose
Haugland, H.K. Grace Kelly: Icon of Style to Royal Bride New York, 2006
Rose, H. Just Make Them Beautiful California,1981
Irene (Irene Sharaff)
Sharaff, I. Broadway and Hollywood: Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff New York, 1976
William Travilla
Reilly, Maureen E. L. Hollywood Costume Design by Travilla Pennsylvania, 2003
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