• Poster of The Birds
  • A split-screen of Tippi Hedren in The Birds and Edith Head's sketch of her dress (By Special Arrangement, (c) Edith Head)
  • A split-screen of Grace Kelly in Rear Window and Edith Head's sketch of her dress (By Special Arrangement, (c) Edith Head)
  • Gaurav Gupta
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  • Poster of The Birds
  • A split-screen of Tippi Hedren in The Birds and Edith Head's sketch of her dress (By Special Arrangement, (c) Edith Head)
  • A split-screen of Grace Kelly in Rear Window and Edith Head's sketch of her dress (By Special Arrangement, (c) Edith Head)
  • Gaurav Gupta
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Cinema's Most Iconic Fasion Moment

We ask fashion designers to share their favourite fashion moment or style statement from the movies

“Tippi Hedren in The Birds. Alfred Hitchcock insisted that Hedren wear only blue or green clothes throughout the film. For the famous crows chase sequence, when costume designer Edith Head had to create a green dress, that allowed Hedren to run in it, she re-designed the green eau de nil suit she had done for Grace Kelly in Rear Window, taking inspiration from Chanel’s new suits at the time.”

—Gaurav Gupta is a Delhi based fashion designer.

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Cinema’s Most Iconic Fashion Moment

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March 2013