Edith Head

During his long career he was nominated for 35 Academy Awards, including every year from 1948 through 1966, and won eight times, more Oscars than any other woman has won. She was responsible for some of the best-known images of the Hollywood fashion of the day, with their costumes used to be the most glamorous and famous actresses in the movies seen by millions of people. Head of the influence on the fashion world was far-reaching, especially in the 1950's when he began to appear on Art Linkletter's television show and written books on fashion.
Although Mrs Head was highlighted in the study of advertising for the half-1920's onwards, it was originally shadowed by Paramount's Head Designer, first Howard Greer then Travis Banton. It was only after the resignation of Banton 1938 who achieved fame as a designer in his own right. His association with the "sarong" dress designed by Dorothy Lamour in The hurricane made her well known among the general public, though more moderate as a designer than either Banton or Adrian. However, in 1944 won him public attention at the top of mink-lined coat is credited with the design of Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark, which won notoriety while flying in the face of the prevailing atmosphere of the time war austerity and restraint.
Ms. Head is known for her no-nonsense, assertive style of work, and unlike many of their male contemporaries often consult extensively with women, he worked with stars. As a result it was a favorite designer for several major female stars of the 1940 1950's; Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Shirley Maclaine and Ann Baxter, and was often "loaned" by Paramount to other studies in the Request for its female stars. He was also known for his restraint, and during the 1950's was known as the "queen of the shirtwaisters. Despite this has been cited as one of Alfred Hitchcock customer favorite designers and has a long association with Hal Wallis, among others.
In the course of his long career head was sometimes criticized for his methods of work. In a first stage, initially opposed the creation of a union to represent study based on costume designers and suppliers, and was accused of being "anti-union" on several occasions. His design trademark restraint, at times, led to conflict with the wishes of movie stars or directors. Claudette Colbert seems to be a movie star who prefer not to work with it. Despite the achievements of his own design, which also had a reputation for taking credit for other jobs. However, this practice only became controversial because in the latter part of his career in the department of study at the head of days not uncommon claimed credit for everything in his department. In private, he was a warm and loving hostess, accommodation fabulous evenings at her and her husband's Benedict Canyon home.
In 1967 he left Paramount Pictures, and joined Universal, where he remained until his death in 1981. As a study based on the feature film production declined, and many of its stars in favor of the retirees, became more active head of television designer. During this period of his designs for a mini-television series based on the novel Women are just remarkable. His latest film project was the comedy in black and white Dead Men Do not Wear Plaid, starring Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, which re-create fashions of the 1940's, coinciding with the widespread use of film clips black classic films. He was released shortly after his death and dedicated to his memory.