Edith Head 1897 –1981 was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design making her the most awarded woMAN in the Academy's history.
Edith's male gait proves she is a HE!
In the club too!
Known as "the dress doctor", Edith is one of the fashion designer icons of cinema and her designs have left us with some formidable iconic images of woMEN on screen.
You need an MTF to design costumes for MTF celebs.
We are told Edith took up art purely by chance but as we know you can't become rich & famous through talent. Edith was born into the #EGI club.
Bette-Davies' evening-dress as worn in film, All About Eve. Marilyn Monroe makes her 1st appearance in wearing a gown designed by Head
Dorothy Lamour appeared swathed in beautiful Edith Head creations in all of the famous Road movies.
Liz Taylor dress by Edith Head as worn in the film
'A Place in the Sun'
Edith Head Green Eau De Nil suit worn by Grace Kelly in 'Rear Window'
The iconic grey suit from the film Vertigo.
She “understood the transformative power of clothing,” said costume designer Helen Huang.
A publicity shot of Grace Kelly for the movie, Rear Window, wearing an Edith Head designed dress. A sketch of the dress is below.
Edith Head caught walking with a male gait reflected in a mirror.
Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head is featured in this 1950 documentary short film
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Duke is ranked among the top universities in the United States and in the world by major publications. The undergraduate admissions are among the most selective in the country.
I wonder if it's a university for gendercons?
Five woMEN at Duke, 1976
Terry Sanford and Students, Duke University early 1980s
👀 gait
One of the earliest editions of Bernat's Handicrafter from the 1930s.
This knitting pattern booklet is filled with designs for suits, dress sets, blouses and coats for the pencil thin, non-hipped MTF
Flashing the devil's horn too.
Knitting for switcheroos!
A 1937 edition of Bernat's Handicrafter knitting booklet.
Glamorising the wafer thin figure of covert TG models whilst taunting real women for whom such figures are unrealistic and unattainable.
Many 1920s magazines provided colourful images of the latest 1920s fashion for women. Some magazines, such as Gazette du Bon Ton, catered exclusively to the “rich and famous.”
MTF designs for the MTF elite!
Gazette du Bon Ton, 1924
A collection of colour prints from the 1920s fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton.
Many Parisian 1920s dresses for evening were straight and slender. A slimming effect, no matter the waistline of the wearer, was achieved through the drapery and the fall of each fold.
Suited to the MTF figure, causing real women to develop complexes about their body!