Hollywood Dressed and Undressed: A Century of Cinema Style

by Sandy Schreier

From Rudolph Valentino to Leonardo di Caprio and from Veronica Lake to Kim Basinger, Hollywood movies and their legendary stars have influenced popular fashion since the earliest days of silent film.

Hollywood Dressed & Undressed pairs classic and current film photographs with costume expert Sandy Schreier's lively anecdotes and facts about favorite Hollywood movies stars, their unforgettable costumes, and the designers behind them. Schreier transports the reader through seven decades of Hollywood film in chapters exploring such themes as "working women" good and bad, the influence of French couture on Hollywood costume design, and star-power accessories like cigarettes and furs.

Schreier shares true stories gleaned from research and rare personal interviews with such movie industry insiders as costume designer Edith Head, screenwriter Elmore Leonard, and Madonna, among others.

A highly entertaining raid on Hollywood's closets, Hollywood Dressed and Undressed is a must for film buffs, fashion cognoscenti, and devotees of American pop culture.

Genres: Fashion, Nonfiction, Film

Unknown Binding

First published September 15, 1998