Category Archives: Edith Head

By Robert J. Avrech | December 7, 2012

A Bookish Chanukah and Christmas

Tweet I love books. Casa Avrech is stuffed with bookshelves that are, of course, stuffed with books. As much as Seraphic Secret admires and makes use of eBooks via Kindle and the iPad, there is still something about paper, binding, and the fragrance of a freshly opened page that is intoxicating. Books are the perfect [...]

Also posted in Books, Chanukah | Tagged Edith Head, In the Shadow of Greatness, Laura Moriarty, Louise Brooks, The Chaperone | 16 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 15, 2011

Edith Head Wants You to Get and Keep a Husband

Tweet Winner of eight Academy Awards for Costume Design, Edith Head was uniquely positioned to become a brand name, and reach a wide audience with her deep knowledge of fashion. Thus, in 1967, Random House published a handsome volume by Edith Head with Joe Hyams, How to Dress For Success. With its lilac linen cover [...]

Also posted in Hollywood | Tagged Costume Design, Fashion Advice, Male-Female, Marriage | 12 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 2, 2011

Friday Fashion: Mentioning The Unmentionables

Tweet Legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head (1897 – 1981) was known for her even disposition, her practical approach to seemingly impossible problems and her ability to costume every genre of film: westerns, musicals, comedies, and biblical spectacles. In her long career she is credited with over 500 motion pictures, more than any other designer [...]

Also posted in Hollywood | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Classic Hollywood, Costume Design, Gloria Swanson, Lingerie | 15 Responses

How I Married Karen

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Robert J. Avrech
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I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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