Hollywood costume / edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 20, 2012-Jan. 27, 2013 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Includes bibliographical references (page 309) and index.

Preface / Debbie Reynolds -- Setting the scene : a short history of Hollywood costume design 1912-2012 / Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

pt. 1. The art of becoming -- What is costume design? / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Moving pictures, silent movies and the art of William Hogarth / Aileen Ribeiro -- Designing The last emperor / James Acheson -- The process of transformation / Kristin M. Burke -- Designing for the Coen Brothers / Mary Zophres -- Transformations : Johnny Depp / Keith Lodwick -- Creative collaborations : Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Sandy Powell, MIke Nichols and Ann Roth, Tim Burton and Colleen Atwood.

pt. 2. Defining the character -- The costume of silent comedy / David Robinson -- Sound comedy : louder and funnier / John Landis -- Silhouettes of seduction / Jean L. Druesedow -- Hollywood and history / Edward Maeder -- Banton's beauties / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Costume and fashion / Valerie Steele -- Beaton's fair lady / Keith Lodwick -- Unfashioning costume design / Booth Moore -- Transformations : an interview with Robert De Niro / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Transformations : an interview with Meryl Streep / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Ann Roth in conversation / Peter Biskind.

pt. 3. Collectors & collecting -- The exhibition odyssey / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Looking behind the wizard's curtain / Christopher Frayling -- The treasure hunt / Keith Lodwick -- Showcasing the talent / Sam Gatley -- A collector's tale / Larry McQueen -- The collecting imperative : a studio perspective / Deidre Thieman -- Actress and collector / Debbie Reynolds -- Blades / Christopher Frayling -- Gunslingers / Christopher Frayling -- 90027, Hollywood as a zip code : the LA connection / Beth Werling.

pt. 4. New frontiers -- Afterlife : ensuring the enduring interest of a web audience / Chris Laverty -- Why design? / Jeffrey Kurland -- Fantasy, sci-fi and superheroes / Jacob McMurray -- The challenges of Mocap and CGI / Joanna Johnston.

This landmark book celebrates, for the very first time, the costume designer's contribution to the telling of the cinematic story in 100 years of Hollywood. Rocking the conventions of what is considered 'costume', 'Hollywood Costume' reveals what is hidden in plain sight: that films are about people and it is the art of the costume designer who helps create those characters. This book looks at this process of transformation by analyzing some of the finest and most eclectic costumes from the most beloved films of the last 100 years. As well as essays by a wide variety of leading scholars, archivists and private collectors, the book incorporates contributions by key costume designers, actors and directors working in Hollywood today. Fabulous golden age of Hollywood costumes are juxtaposed beside all the contemporary classics including "The Tramp", "Ben Hur", "Cleopatra", "The Wizard of Oz", "Gone with the Wind", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Ocean's Eleven", "Sherlock Holmes" and "Avatar."