I grew up with film director Alfred Hitchcock movies. Our family would have movie night, load up on popcorn, soda, and candy, and see an old Hitchcock movie on TV or video. The suspense and intrigue of his film noir movies would capture our attention and bring us to the edge of our seats. Psycho and The Birds were outright scary nail-biting horror movies, we loved them.
Though many copy him, no one in Hollywood has come close to his skill and talent. He is a legend making some of the best ranked movies of all time.
Alfred Hitchcock used fashion and style to set the tone for a scene and to cast the actor in the best image for the role. Most of his movies were film noir mystery thrillers and his scenes and costumes were critical elements to portray the noir style. Most of his movies included Hollywood’s A-list leading ladies and men whom Hitchcock would have dressed to the nines with designer clothes. His leading ladies were always dressed in top fashion to make them look very feminine as well as helpless victims to enhance the suspense. His leading men were always fashioned in impeccable attire to look charming and masculine as either heroes or villains.
Grace Kelly in Rear Window, 1954, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
James Stewart and Grace Kelly in Rear Window, 1954, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Edith Head, multiple Oscar winning costume designer, worked on 11 Hitchcock films.
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in North By Northwest, 1959, a spy thriller. Costume designer Harry Kres.
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in North By Northwest, 1959, a spy thriller. Costume designer Harry Kres.
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in Suspicion, 1941, film noir. Costume designer Edward Stevenson.
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in Suspicion, 1941, film noir. Costume designer Edward Stevenson.
Janet Leigh in Psycho, 1960, a horror movie. His masterpiece of suspense. Costume designer Helen Colvig.
Janet Leigh in Psycho, 1960, a horror movie. His masterpiece of suspense. Costume designer Helen Colvig.
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in The Birds, a horror film. Costume designer Edith Head.
Tippi Hedren in The Birds, a horror film. Costume designer Edith Head.
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, 1946, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, 1946, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Claude Rains, Cary Grant, and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, 1946, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman in Spellbound, 1945, psychological thriller film.
Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman in Spellbound, 1945, psychological thriller film.
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief, 1955, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, 1955, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Grace Kelly in Dial M For Murder, 1954, film noir. Costume designer Miss Mabry.
Grace Kelly in Dial M For Murder, 1954, film noir. Costume designer Miss Mabry.
James Stewart and Kim Novak in Vertigo, 1958, film noir. Ranked as one of the best films ever made. Costume designer Edith Head.
Kim Novak in Vertigo, 1958, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in Rebecca, 1940, film noir.
Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in Rebecca, 1940, film noir.
Gunter Strack, Julie Andrews, and Paul Neman in Torn Curtain, 1966, spy thriller. Costume designer Edith Head.
Julie Andrews, and Paul Neman in Torn Curtain, 1966, spy thriller. Costume designer Edith Head.
Doris Day, James Stewart, Brenden Miles, and Brenda da Banzie in The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956, film noir. Costume designer Edith Head.
Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery in Marnie, 1964. Costume designer Edith Head.
Tippi Hedren in Marnie, 1964. Costume designer Edith Head.
