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Article: FILM FINERY L.A. EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS CINEMA'S OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNS.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 2, 2000
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Byline: Barbara De Witt Fashion Editor
Could Judy Garland have pulled off that Kansas farm girl look in a tweed suit?
Would Scarlett O'Hara's green dress be as memorable if it had been made from cotton curtains instead of lush velvet draperies?
Those classics remain on Hollywood's best-dressed film list because of a costume designer's vision, but it wasn't until 1948 that the Academy Awards included an Oscar for Best Costume Design.
And when Elizabeth Taylor presented the award, it wasn't the ever-popular Edith Head who received it, but Madame Karinska and Dorothy Jeakins for ``Joan of Arc.''
Period films do appeal to academy ...