A movie designer

Edith Head, fashion personality and star behind great figures in cinema.

Winning 8 Oscar statuettes, being nominated for them more than thirty times and even having a cartoon character inspired by her, have been some of the indicators that make Edith Head a designer to remember.

She was born in California in 1897 and died in 1981. Enough time to trace a career that spanned decades, but a short time for those who found in her a true inspiration thanks to her work - above all - in the seventh art.

With her signature haircut and recognizable round glasses, Head gained recognition for designing striking costumes that not only accentuated the beauty of the stars wearing them, but also added to the drama and told stories on their own.

In other words, garments with a real intention: to make an impact. For example, the beautiful dress that she supervised for the also iconic Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 film Sabrina, with long white gloves, a tiny waist and the big skirt with subtle but prominent flowers (a piece full of controversy since it is said that she should have shared the credit with another great, Givenchy), or what can we say about the two black pieces that shaped the striking look of the actress Barbara Stanwyck in The Three Nights of Eve, a feature film from 1957.

This diversity, demonstrated on repeated occasions, led her to establish herself as a prolific fashion designer focused on the seventh art and with it, position herself as the head of the costume department at Paramount, the giant film studios.

Later and until the end of his professional career, he did so at Universal Studios.

Yes, there was a moment in time when Edith Head reigned; the most prominent designer in Hollywood who decades later was "honored" in the form of a cartoon with the development of a fun character in the animated film The Incredibles, signed by Pixar; this movement added to Head's popularity in new generations since it was a clear inspiration that fashion lovers have taken with affection and recognition for the career and peculiar personality of this great fashion designer.

Names that included Carmen Miranda, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Verobica Lake and many others, are on the long list of stars that he "perfected" with flattering silhouettes according to his own worldview.

Edith Head, today we remember her as the most recognized woman at the Oscars and the designer whose name marks the cinema, the air of glamour and a life full of love for drama.