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Hollywood's most memorable movie moments have one thing in common-visually stunning costume design. Few careers have been launched from costumes alone, and many an era defined by the intuition of a costume designer. This book offers insights to the costumer's art.

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Dressed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis

Hollywood's most memorable movie moments have one thing in common-visually stunning costume design. Few careers have been launched from costumes alone, and many an era defined by the intuition of a costume designer. This book offers insights to the costumer's art.
Deborah Nadoolman Landis is the David C. Copley Chair and the Founding Director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. She is an Academy Award-nominated costume designer of Coming to America (1988) and many other films, including Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (1983). Professor Landis served as a two-term president of the Costume Designer's Guild, Local 892, of which she has been a member for more than thirty-five years. She is the author of Screencraft/Costume Design (2003), 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to Character (2004), Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design (2007), FilmCraft/Costume Design (2012), and Hollywood Costume (2012). Landis has a Ph.D. in the history of design from the Royal College of Art, London.
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ISBN 13 9780060816506
ISBN 10 0060816503
Title Dressed
Author Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published 2007-12-06
Number of pages 592
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.