Eduardo
There is something nice and circular about this. It is said that Edna Mode was based on the most famous of all Hollywood costume designers Edith Head (1897–1981) who dressed the likes of Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, etc. She was awarded eight or ten Oscars, I think. Edna and Edith certainly look the same.
A film that considered the design process in some depth and the challenges facing a designer developing a revolutionary design was a film made about the design engineer R.J. Mitchell in 1942 - 'First of the Few' with Leslie Howard and David Niven. Mitchell designed the 'Spitfire' aircraft.
Another film worth a look features Sir Barnes Wallis the inventor of the bouncing bomb - 'The Dam Busters' made in 1954 with Michael Redgrave as Wallis.
An examination of the lives of both Mitchell and Wallis shows that they both struggled throughout their years against the scepticism/indifference/lack of imagination of government officials and bank managers! Happily, sometimes they were sufficiently persuasive to win the day.
regards
Professor Terry Kavanagh
Loughborough University
On 22 Jul 2011, at 15:03, Eduardo Corte Real wrote:
Dear IDIL,
Unforgatable is Edna Mode in "The Incredibles" directed by Brad Bird. A
fashion designer for super heroes costumes. You got everything there of
the archetypal modern designer served by retro high-tech.
I'll try to think of more but Edna should be framed and placed as #1.
Best,
Eduardo
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