Phyllis Dalton - Career in Costume https://phyllisdalton.co.uk Phyllis Dalton - Career in Costume Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 https://phyllisdalton.co.uk en Home Page http://phyllisdalton.co.uk/Home-Page Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 Phyllis Dalton - Career in Costume 345685 <img width="2261" height="2799" width_o="2261" height_o="2799" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/21deba1fa15068d42ca5b9dd8f57fdb525c78a9ba56fb263d567beab3e860850/PHYLLIS-DALTON-COVER.jpg" data-mid="1421475" border="0" /> This is the extraordinary story of costume designer, Phyllis Dalton MBE (1925-2025), filled with insights, recollections and revelations from a life spent on the great film locations of the 20th century. In conversation with Alexander Ballinger, Phyllis Dalton reveals how she created some of the silver screen’s most unforgettable and iconic costumes while working with legendary directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean; a woman in a man’s world. <img width="2560" height="3354" width_o="2560" height_o="3354" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/173809596ad9ffa92d367e0c3edf00bb99d0054d7370a1aeaa2256420a0381c7/Phylis_-1881.jpg" data-mid="1421479" border="0" /><img width="3442" height="2360" width_o="3442" height_o="2360" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/04ca16ba6529c88d5feb96010add175d7d398192697caf83d15816977cca51ea/Phylis_-1872-2.jpg" data-mid="1421482" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="2999" width_o="2000" height_o="2999" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/43335774a3e1e8e01d47405352e8e7c83de4b85a5b933b6ebf0c26aa64d06700/Phylis_-1918-edited-copy.jpg" data-mid="1421477" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="2824" width_o="2000" height_o="2824" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1f14c9e4c27159bfa88bb722d0d5e9ee3bfcd001ce5733c6ad71f6c7c9c0c8ac/Phylis_-1934.jpg" data-mid="1421478" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="3115" width_o="2000" height_o="3115" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41d18d65e165b69e74eabe364118d67e9d059ab5d3e592ad7cc942584c9b8541/Studio-Session-022-edited.jpg" data-mid="1421481" border="0" /><img width="2620" height="3779" width_o="2620" height_o="3779" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9f3cf01d3acd88d8cafa6523e93619b744607a711b1ac7a52a5c2d4e96961746/Studio-Session-020-edited.jpg" data-mid="1421480" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="2537" width_o="2000" height_o="2537" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7e55ee8dba03f454fa4abc35191702020ed26f1a770de40633deb927c7586a6d/Phylis_-809.jpg" data-mid="1421485" border="0" /><img width="3236" height="4281" width_o="3236" height_o="4281" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fa1c3d6eeffa8254e19c9a12e0f2ae6cbbf3e1ffbe228f20e65a104f04349f7d/Phylis_-1910.jpg" data-mid="1421484" border="0" /><img width="3103" height="4019" width_o="3103" height_o="4019" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e1f4eab98c49aaef8e7efb09060be780dfbf829ab0790d75215c7c5ba771aa67/Phylis_-1938.jpg" data-mid="1421483" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="2623" width_o="2000" height_o="2623" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4b0b861324517a66f9d39924edcd5336dd97f9f1444da20a19546d55728aaa0a/Studio-Session-035.jpg" data-mid="1421486" border="0" /> Phyllis Dalton A Career in Costume Lawrence of Arabia to The Princess Bride spans Dalton’s extraordinary 50-year career in the film industry. Having sewn in Soho workrooms for Laurence Olivier’s Henry V, she did intelligence work at Bletchley Park. After serving an apprenticeship at Gainsborough Studios, Dalton designed costumes for The Man Who Knew Too Much and helped recreate Ravensbrück for Carve Her Name with Pride. Following risky location work on the Cold War thriller, Our Man in Havana, she designed costumes for the epic Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Cult classics, Oliver!, A Private Function and The Princess Bride ensued before Dalton enjoyed a late renaissance with a young Kenneth Branagh on Henry V, which brought another Oscar, and Much Ado About Nothing. Many of the book’s illustrations have been sourced from Phyllis Dalton’s personal archive and showcase unique ephemera, fabric swatches, production stills, large format pencil &amp; watercolour sketches, and pages from production notebooks from six decades of film-making. Many of these stunning images, including Dalton’s personal on-location photographs from the Lawrence of Arabia shoot, have never been published before.Click the link below to hear Alexander Ballinger remembering Phyllis Dalton on Radio 4’s Last Word on 31st January 2025. Play Show here EVENTS &amp; TALKS Alexander Ballinger will be talking about Phyllis Dalton A Career in Costume Lawrence of Arabia to The Princess Bride at literary festivals throughout 2026 and 2027. Expect to be entertained by recollections, insights and revelations from a lifetime spent on the world’s great film locations: from epics like&nbsp;Lawrence of Arabia,&nbsp;Doctor Zhivago and&nbsp;Oliver! to Kenneth Branagh's&nbsp;Henry V and cult classics The Princess Bride and Alan Bennett's&nbsp;A Private Function. Discover how a chance encounter in a bookshop led to an enduring friendship and a ten-year-in-the-making landmark book on film costume. Illustrated with a plethora of images from Phyllis Dalton's unique archive, the talk is guaranteed to captivate even the most jaded bibliophile or cinephile. This page will be updated as further events are announced. “I’m writing to personally thank you for participating in our 2026 festival. Your material was, in my opinion, the best audiovisual of the festival."Gerald Hawke, Director, Ilminster Literary Festival “Worth Crossing the Pennines for!"from an audience member at Ilkley festival “I don’t think I have ever witnessed an audience departing on such a high before!”Joan Montgomery, Director, Berwick Literary Festival FESTIVAL SCHEDULE FestivalDateLocation<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b9e505fb78f3f2d984e1afdd16ef1b23b7ae561aa49562c8e1a6da9d4871f035/bibury.png" alt="Bibury Festivals logo">SaturdayApril 24th 2026Bibury Literary Festival11.25amwww.biburyfestivals.com<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/464a4eb822c56e245bbf425cb72d36b389e61696a225e94238e570c88bd7b12d/ilminster.png" alt="Ilminster Literary Festival logo">ThursdayJune 4th 2026Ilminster Literary Festival3.30pmwww.ilminsterliteraryfestival.org<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1c88f7848087d1a71939501ed84c43ff323a93c83fda92e8754332d99441747c/barnes.png" alt="Barnes Bookfest logo">SundaySeptember 27th 2026 Barnes Book Fest 10 am In conversation with Rita Tushingham.www.barnesbookfest.org <img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c1f03e3abce8d29c95ae42c41cac377ea36b79606c53a17a08f156d3eff1a41d/logo_hd_2019.png" alt="Berwick Literary Festival logo">SundayOctober 4th 2026Ilkley Literature Festival12pmwww.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk <img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f187ab37eb1a645db34e247359f49e49195fc8961487ef89ea29b1de51d3c54/berwick.png" alt="Berwick Literary Festival logo">SundayOctober 11th 2026Berwick Literary Festival10amwww.berwickliteraryfestival.com<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b2289d75dc374b99d3521db2744979eeb7970b4741b8f585ec8606bcff4e5834/wantage.png" alt="Wantage Literary Festival logo">ReplaceFridayOctober 30th 2026Wantage Literary Festival2pmwww.wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ee1001548e844434ac3afedcf807a3ab0652751549726ba7490774392750b25/SCL-logo.png" alt="Visit Southwold logo">SaturdayNovember 14th 2026Southwold Literary Festival2pmsuffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uksouthwold-literary-festival/<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b3c4f5f27df5a430d8f960c274a94e7406ab8770b2242ff8dcaf60db2defccdf/nether-stowey.png" alt="Thomas Poole Library Nether Stowey logo">WednesdayNovember 25th 2026Nether Stowey Literary Festivalwww.thomaspoolelibrary.org.uk<img src="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/45fa85bef823585ea030cfa08cd5e417c521802bb16b656b257b8d42fbdf6853/Screenshot-2026-08-19-at-22.26.44.png" alt="At The Chapel">ThursdayJanuary 28th 2027AT THE CHAPEL - Meantime Events 7pmwww.atthechapel.co.uk/events<img src="https://files.persona.co/93166/LitFest-Logo_home_160_B-600w.png" alt="Campden May Festivals">Wednesday May 5th 2027Campden May Festivalswww.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk<img src="https://files.persona.co/93166/images-alt.jpg" alt="Derby Book Festival">TBADerby Book Festivalwww.derbybookfestival.co.uk WHERE TO BUY The book is distributed by Yale University Press for Clapperboard Books. BUY VIA YALE UNIVERSITY PRESSAlso available at: UK Arnolfini Bookshop, BristolBailey Hill Bookshop, Castle Cary The Barnes Bookshop Blackwell’s, Oxford The Book Loft, Berwick-upon-Tweed Foyles, Charing Cross Road The Grove Bookshop, Ilkley Hatchards, Piccadilly Heywood Hill, Mayfair Mr B’s Emporium, Bath Southwold Books Toppings, Bath Wantage Bookshop Waterstones, Piccadilly The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough US Book Soup, Hollywood Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles Rizzoli Bookstore, New York Skylight Books, Los Angeles And all good bricks and mortar bookshops. CONTACT GLOBAL United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand 0207-079-4900 Yale University Press 47 Bedford Square London WC1B 3DP email: sales@yaleup.co.uk yalebooks.co.uk NORTH AMERICA United States, Canada and Latin America 203-432-0960 Yale University Press 302 Temple Street P.O. Box 209040 New Haven CT 06520-9040 email: sales.press@yale.edu yalebooks.com This is the extraordinary story of costume designer, Phyllis Dalton MBE (1925-2025), filled with insights, recollections and revelations from a life spent on...