Description: From the Behind the Silver Screen series, Costume, Makeup, and Hair charts the development of these three crafts in the American film industry from the 1890s to the present. Each chapter examines a different era, revealing how these artistic fields have fostered creative collaboration and improvisation, often fashioning striking looks and ingenious effects out of limited materials, while continually adapting to new technologies, fashions, and economic conditions.
Review Quotes: "A fascinating book taking a broad historical approach to three interrelated Hollywood crafts--costume, hair, and makeup--linking them to important economic, cultural, and technological changes in the film industry and American society."--Lucy Fischer "University of Pittsburgh"