{"product_id":"phyllis-dalton-a-career-in-costume","title":"Phyllis Dalton: A Career in Costume","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of costume designer Phyllis Dalton, filled with insights, recollections, and revelations from a life spent on the great film locations of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In conversation with film historian Alexander Ballinger, Phyllis Dalton (1925–2025) reveals how she created some of the silver screen’s most unforgettable and iconic costumes, working with such legendary directors as Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean, a woman in a man’s world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The book spans Dalton’s extraordinary fifty-year career in the film industry, from sewing in Soho workrooms on Laurence Olivier’s \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e via intelligence work at Bletchley Park; apprenticeship at Gainsborough Studios to designing costumes on \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e; the epic undertakings of costuming \u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Zhivago \u003c\/i\u003e(Oscar, Best Costume Design), and \u003ci\u003eOliver!\u003c\/i\u003e; through to cult classics \u003ci\u003eA Private Function\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Bride\u003c\/i\u003e to her successful late collaboration with a young Kenneth Branagh on \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e (Oscar, Best Costume Design), \u003ci\u003eDead Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Many of the book’s illustrations, sourced from Dalton’s personal archive, showcase unique ephemera, fabric swatches, production stills, large format pencil-and-watercolour sketches, and production notebooks from six decades of filmmaking. Many of these stunning images, including Dalton’s personal on-location photographs from the \u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e shoot, have never been published before.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Distributed for Clapperboard Books","brand":"Clapperboard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54728275231064,"sku":"9781399995641","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399995641_1933ffeb-30cd-409f-a17f-32498f665fef.jpg?v=1779945359","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/phyllis-dalton-a-career-in-costume","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}