Fashion in film

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With over 370 black-and-white photographs of startling clarity, this is an exciting book for movie buff and fashion aficionado alike. The book features film stills and studio portraits of all the major fashion designs of Hollywood. The hats, hairstyles, evening gowns, men's fashions, period costumes and films that started fashion trends, plus all the 'Oscar' winners for costume design upto the 1996 ceremonies, are included. This wealth of photo material will enthrall Hollywood fans. Fifty stars are featured in the evening gown chapter alone. Men's fashion includes such stars as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart from the heyday of Hollywood, and modern-day movie idols Jack Nicholson, Eddie Murphy, and Kevin Costner. Fashion in Film includes the fabulous evening gowns worn by the Hollywood idols Grace Kelly, Mae West, Joan Crawford and Elizabeth Taylor; the hats worn by Greta Garbo, Hedy Lamarr and Audrey Hepburn; and the gloves and hairstyles of the stars. The indexes are of particular value to the film connoisseur, facilitating access to all photographs listed under movie, costume designer, director and actor/actress. These pictures come from the Historical Film Archive Engelmeier Munich, the largest private collection of movie stills and stock photographs in Europe.