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Edith Head: "The costumes were not pretty; the problem was to make Olivia de Havilland unattractive. The tab-

rics were harsh serge, stitt wools, uncompromising as to color, severe as to neckline. l dressed Olivia as a mature
woman rather than as the girl she was. and placed her against a background ot women who looked young and
gay. At the dance, where the others wore tulle and organdy, she wore dark, heavy silk embroidered in jet. Then,
toward the end ot the picture, when she wished to get revenge on Montgomery Clitt, allure him. we made a com~
plete transition into softer, more teminine colors and fabrics."

THE HEIRESS (1949) ' EDITH HEAD, COSTUME DESIGNER