Heard Of Edith?


Two of my favorite Grace Kelly moments, the Rear Window and To Catch A Thief had costumes designed by Edith Head. If you haven’t seen them already, you ought to.

Edith Head, a languages ((Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, and Catalan) teacher started off as a sketch artist and went on to become one of the leading costume designers of her time. During her career, she won eight Oscars, was nominated all of thirty-five times and created some major cinematic-fashion moments.

Edith Head (Far Left) And Grace Kelly In ‘Rear Window‘ (Centre, Far Right)


Grace Kelly In ‘To Catch A Thief

An understated and restrained designer, she shot to fame with the “sarong dress” that Dorothy Lamar wore in The Hurricane and a mink-lined (the times were different then) gown that Ginger Rogers wore in Lady In The Dark. In her career, she dressed some of the biggest movie-stars of the time like Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Swanson, Rita Hayworth and Tippi Hedren among others. Edith had long working relationships with actresses and directors and in fact worked on many Hitchcock films… When Alfred Hitchcock moved from Paramount to Universal, so did she.

Of course, she had her share of controversies but none that took away from the beautiful ensembles she created for the movies she worked in.

L To R: Bette Davis In ‘All About Eve‘, Elizabeth Taylor In ‘A Place In The Sun‘, Doris Day In ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much‘, Anne Baxter In ‘The Ten Commandments‘ And Kim Novak In ‘Vertigo

Edith Head had this signature look, bangs, a tight chignon and round glasses. She never took those glasses off! And if you care for trivia… She at first wore ’em to see how clothes would look in a black-and-movie, later they just became a part of the persona. What’s that, more trivia you say… Fine, did you know in the animated movie The Incredibles, Edna was modeled on Edith Head? 🙂

Edna, The Incredibles

And seriously, if you haven’t seen Rear Window and To Catch A Thief, go see it now.

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Katrina On Harper’s Bazaar:(Un)Covered


A second cover in just six months! Harper’s sure loves this leading lady. 😛

Left: Christian Dior Fall 2010
Right: Katrina Kaif On Harper’s Bazaar, Oct 2010

Photo Credit: Style

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Velvet Love


We know that this family loves velvet and as overwhelmed as we might be from it, we should be glad that they just give us a dose of it one at a time! During the day, it was Ash, and at night, Abhi does the honor. 😛

Velvet aside, much prefer her in this ensemble over the day one.

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai at Armani/Nobu Restaurant in Milan

Photo Credit: AishwaryaSpice

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Red Alert


Ms. Sinha wore classic red and black to the launch of the My Ferragamo collection in Mumbai wearing the My Charme flats (the green versions of which are already on my wishlist).

The dress with the flats were pretty cute but what didn’t work for us was the messenger bag. We know it was a Ferragamo event but it (the bag) just felt overkill and drew attention away from a perfectly cute dress.

Sonakshi Sinha at My Ferragamo Launch in Mumbai

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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In See By Chloe


Spotted Rhea in a See By Chloe dress at the Araaish exhibition which she paired with some wedges and a Louis Vuitton tote. Our feelings for the monogrammed tote aside, Rhea looked good; the cutesy dress totally works on her. We like.

Left And Centre: Rhea Pillai At Araaish 2010
Far Right: See By Chloe Dress

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

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