May 25, 2026
Fashioning Hitchcock Stories Behind the Costumes from The Lodger to Marnie
Fashioning Hitchcock Stories Behind the Costumes from The Lodger to Marnie | 3.67 MB
Title: Fashioning Hitchcock
Author: Caroline Young
Category: Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
Language: English | 296 Pages | ISBN: 9798881807320
Description:
A tribute to and examination of the contributions of costume designers to Hitchcock’s illustrious film career. With his keen artist’s eye, Alfred Hitchcock’s genius as a director lay in the visual universe he developed across a six-decade career. In the many unforgettable moments from his movies, it’s the costume that enhances the storytelling; Tippi Hedren cowering from a mass of angry birds in her torn green dress, Cary Grant in a glen-check suit as he escapes a crop duster, and Kim Novak emerging from green mist in her ghost-like gray suit.
A tribute to and examination of the contributions of costume designers to Hitchcock’s illustrious film career. With his keen artist’s eye, Alfred Hitchcock’s genius as a director lay in the visual universe he developed across a six-decade career. In the many unforgettable moments from his movies, it’s the costume that enhances the storytelling; Tippi Hedren cowering from a mass of angry birds in her torn green dress, Cary Grant in a glen-check suit as he escapes a crop duster, and Kim Novak emerging from green mist in her ghost-like gray suit.
In Fashioning Hitchcock, Caroline Young details Hitchcock’s relationships with his costume designers to create an identifiable aesthetic through clothing. Using archival material including letters, memos between producers and designers, wardrobe plans, and accounts of those who worked with him, Young paints the full picture of the use of costume in Hitchcock’s movies, and his key relationships with…
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