Costume, Makeup and Hair

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Costume, Makeup and Hair reveals how these three crafts have continually adapted to new conditions, making the transitions from stage to screen, from monochrome to colour, and from analog to digital. It considers them in relation to a wide range of film genres, from sci-fi spectacles to period dramas, as well as examining how they have been active participants in the marketplace for fashion and beauty products. Drawing on rare archival materials and lavish colour illustrations, the expert contributors provide readers in film and fashion with groundbreaking film history and an appreciation of cinematic costume, makeup and hairstyling as distinct art forms.

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'A fascinating book taking a broad historical approach to three interrelated Hollywood crafts -costume, hair and makeup - linking them to important economic, cultural, and technological changes in the film industry and American society.' - Lucy Fischer, author of Designing Women

Author Bio

Adrienne L. McLean is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930, and Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film.