Edith Head, one of Hollywood's most legendary costume designers, is being celebrated today by Google - which has created a doodle, on what would have been Head's 116th birthday, on its home page. The search engine has launched an image of the designer standing in front of six of her creations.
Head won eight Oscars for her costumes - the most Academy Awards ever won by a woman. She created the wardrobe for celebrated films, such as Funny Face, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Carrie, All About Eve and To Catch A Thief - and dressed some of cinema's most glamorous stars, from Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren.
Head - who was born in California in 1897 - started her career as a French teacher, before being hired as costume sketch artist for Paramount Pictures - borrowing a friend's sketches to help land her the job. She worked at Paramount for 43 years until she joined Universal in 1967. She died of bone marrow disease, aged 83, on October 24, 1981.
It is thought that Head was the inspiration for the part of superhero costume designer Edna Mode in 2004 children's film The Incredibles - although this was never confirmed by its director, Brad Bird.
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