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Edith Head: ”William Wyler is such a perfectionist. The Heiress, tor example, was set in the 1840s and the 18505,
so we had to deal with two periods. We had crinolines, and we also had hoops, a slightly ditterent silhouette.
There were scenes in which Olivia de l—lavilland got dressed. You saw her in petticoats, in little corsets, and in
corset covers. Wyler even sent me to a fashion institute in New York, to be sure that every button and every button-

hole was absolutely accurate. ltl had to choose a picture I did that was absolutely perfect clown to the tiniest
buttonhole, it was The Heiress. Wyler insisted on it."