A Library of 8 Mostly Out-Of-Print Books About Edith Head -- Who, Amazingly, Will Be At Modernism Week, and You Will Have Tickets!
During Modernism Week, on Friday, February 24, 2023, no other than Edith Head will be presenting an evening of wit, wisdom, and a whisper of gossip, with Susan Claassen as Edith Head, hosted by Stuart Moulton and Paramount Pictures archivist, Randall Thropp. https://go.modtix.com/f/f23/edith-head?date=2023-02-24
Susan Claassen, at 5-foot-1, bears a striking resemblance to the legendary designer, and clearly knows Edith Head’s history as if she knew her personally. She can answer questions and tell fascinating stories with the wit and attitude Head was so well known for, in Edith’s unique vocal cadence and deadpan delivery. She channels Edith Head so convincingly that you just may believe you’re seeing the legend herself. Her portrayal is a tour de force. Susan brings the audience into the world of Edith Head and creates a very intimate theater experience.
Susan Claassen is an actress and managing artistic director of the Invisible Theater in Tucson and has toured as Edith Head throughout the U.S. and internationally.
For six decades the legendary costume designer Edith Head worked on over eleven hundred films, dressed the greatest stars of Hollywood from Mae West to Grace Kelly, received 35 Academy Award nominations and won an unprecedented eight Oscars. This diva of design helped to define glamour in the most glamorous place in the world – Hollywood. She remains one the most remarkable women in Hollywood film history.
For those who adore Edith Head and all that she was to the Hollywood film industry, you will want to see this. Amazing.
For this auction item, the high bidder will receive 4 tickets to see Edith Head aka Susan Claassen at the Annenberg Theater on Friday, February 24, 2023, and this library of eight (8) Edith Head books, all of them pre-owned but in very good condition, and many of which are out-of-print and hard to find. Anyway, who doesn’t need a book entitled ‘How to Dress for Success” (both the British and the American publications) or wouldn’t take advice from Edith Head ‘The Dress Doctor’.
This woman was indomitable, a force of nature, and almost singlehandedly defined glamour to the outside world. You’ll enjoy learning all about her with you new set of books, and perhaps in February, an audience with Edith Head herself.
Hope she approves of what you’re wearing!!
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