Preface / Debbie Reynolds -- Setting the scene : a short history of Hollywood costume design 1912-2012 / Deborah Nadoolman Landis --
pt. 1. The art of becoming -- What is costume design? / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Moving pictures, silent movies and the art of William Hogarth / Aileen Ribeiro -- Designing The last emperor / James Acheson -- The process of transformation / Kristin M. Burke -- Designing for the Coen Brothers / Mary Zophres -- Transformations : Johnny Depp / Keith Lodwick -- Creative collaborations : Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Sandy Powell, MIke Nichols and Ann Roth, Tim Burton and Colleen Atwood --
pt. 2. Defining the character -- The costume of silent comedy / David Robinson -- Sound comedy : louder and funnier / John Landis -- Silhouettes of seduction / Jean L. Druesedow-- Hollywood and history / Edward Maeder -- Banton's beauties / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Costume and fashion / Valerie Steele -- Beaton's fair lady / Keith Lodwick-- Unfashioning costume design / Booth Moore-- Transformations : an interview with Robert De Niro / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Transformations : an interview with Meryl Streep / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Ann Roth in conversation / Peter Biskind --
pt. 3. Collectors & collecting -- The exhibition odyssey / Deborah Nadoolman Landis -- Looking behind the wizard's curtain / Christopher Frayling -- The treasure hunt / Keith Lodwick -- Showcasing the talent / Sam Gatley -- A collector's tale / Larry McQueen -- The collecting imperative : a studio perspective / Deidre Thieman -- Actress and collector / Debbie Reynolds -- Blades / Christopher Frayling -- Gunslingers / Christopher Frayling -- 90027, Hollywood as a zip code : the LA connection / Beth Werling --
Afterlife : ensuring the enduring interest of a web audience / Chris Laverty
Why design? / Jeffrey Kurland
Fantasy, sci-fi and superheroes / Jacob McMurray
The challenges of Mocap and CGI / Joanna Johnston.
