Edith Head: "Sabrina" & "Penelope" gowns

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn9-puKguZtsu1WB06QkfrXvEX964Bf5q8L8Dcvo4IuAKjB4qAv_fHBdUwYVCJFMm8V-3DlBxR3p9-BriMpxrZfjQFfuybHT-xM4QqLF5bzF07uaDI84-TkIuz47XBi_dlFiqZWTQikmD/s1600/IMG_5455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn9-puKguZtsu1WB06QkfrXvEX964Bf5q8L8Dcvo4IuAKjB4qAv_fHBdUwYVCJFMm8V-3DlBxR3p9-BriMpxrZfjQFfuybHT-xM4QqLF5bzF07uaDI84-TkIuz47XBi_dlFiqZWTQikmD/s400/IMG_5455.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br />The Google banner for Edith Head has inspired me to repost this article from a few years back on her design for "Sabrina" in 1954. I am adding a great illustration for Natalie Wood's role in "Penelope" from 1966 as well. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGziYvta57pj19ZDcL5a67ZQQuyEbbfhFEvuglUPJd0gvwplhVqGhcK37xuwtl50a9yufzKT7UVMq4NWghAu4f8OpxXkvYPQ4Fwqe0t-vRtHwyimBS3vhq3cDo074lV9DEMPNBVVjQNh2c/s1600/sabrina.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGziYvta57pj19ZDcL5a67ZQQuyEbbfhFEvuglUPJd0gvwplhVqGhcK37xuwtl50a9yufzKT7UVMq4NWghAu4f8OpxXkvYPQ4Fwqe0t-vRtHwyimBS3vhq3cDo074lV9DEMPNBVVjQNh2c/s640/sabrina.2.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Edith Head illustration for Audrey Hepburn as "Sabrina" </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8YnOP77LwHG8y2w5y3Oxbgg569jCM7elWzhaRg1PcUIoGKgu_GuGqmGa4GJk8a9Wfeyw7KSYO53x1KfxMSMUGIVvPRoQx0eFJM_qpEQIdESEdSrZBQezHXG-lusBkKIfa-dt3xxch0S/s1600/Sabrina+style+dress.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="3002" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689372789643464338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8YnOP77LwHG8y2w5y3Oxbgg569jCM7elWzhaRg1PcUIoGKgu_GuGqmGa4GJk8a9Wfeyw7KSYO53x1KfxMSMUGIVvPRoQx0eFJM_qpEQIdESEdSrZBQezHXG-lusBkKIfa-dt3xxch0S/s400/Sabrina+style+dress.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />This look is so classic and as perfect for this New Year's as it was in the 1950's. You can whip up your own version with a 1950's vintage sewing pattern such as Simplicity 3002. Current retro style patterns Vogue #8874 or #8789 when sewn up in black also have this vintage look with its horizontal neckline. Wouldn't that be fun!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlhVIV4VirA09IX509ionQ-2C7E10-Ts4QSK1PvSWbfh75w2Cwa5U7mIXUiqQbVFI2jXMmWisHXCy5kZcuT_mkD0b1epM9LcgPPBOl2q-2rsCU6NVewMR3BUxzi41A-KbDPsF-skC81p3/s1600/IMG_5469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlhVIV4VirA09IX509ionQ-2C7E10-Ts4QSK1PvSWbfh75w2Cwa5U7mIXUiqQbVFI2jXMmWisHXCy5kZcuT_mkD0b1epM9LcgPPBOl2q-2rsCU6NVewMR3BUxzi41A-KbDPsF-skC81p3/s640/IMG_5469.JPG" width="473" /></a></div><br /><br />For the Natalie Wood film "Penelope", in 1966 Edith designed a dramatic wedding gown with a "hi-lo" hemline that is alot like what we are seeing so much of in gowns right now. This was to have had a very Mod look to it, with an "A" line open lattice cage shape over a little shift dress. <br /><br />

Edith Head: "Sabrina" & "Penelope" gowns

The Google banner for Edith Head has inspired me to repost this article from a few years back on her design for "Sabrina" in 1954....

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