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BOOKS

Billecci, Frank and Fisher, Lauranne. Irene: A Designer from the Golden Age of Hollywood—the MGM Years 1942–49. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2014.

Chierichetti, David. Hollywood Costume Design. New York: Harmony Books, 1976.

Chierichetti, David. Mitchell Leisen: Hollywood Director. Los Angeles: Photoventures Press, 1995.

Conti, Steve; Bethany, A. DeWayne & Seay, Bill. Collector’s Encyclopedia of Sascha Brastoff. Paducah: Collector Books, 1995.

Curtis, Tony. The Autobiography. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993.

Davis, Ronald L. The Glamour Factory. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993.

Day Iverson, Stephanie. Bonnie Cashin: Practical Dreamer. New York: The Fashion Institute of Technology, 2000.

Erté. Things I Remember. London: Peter Owen Limited, 1975.

Esquevin, Christian. Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2008.

Greene, June. “Designer Lives in Feminine Paradise but Film Cutting Provides Many Headaches.” The Pittsburgh Press, July 25, 1940, §2, p. 17.

Greer, Howard. Designing Male. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1951.

Gutner, Howard. Gowns by Adrian: The MGM Years 1928–1941. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.

Hansford, Andrew with Homer, Karen. Dressing Marilyn. Milwaukee: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2012.

Head, Edith and Calistro, Paddy. Edith Head’s Hollywood. New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1983.

Jorgensen, Jay. Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood’s Greatest Costume Designer. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2010.

La Vine, W. Robert. In a Glamorous Fashion. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1980.

Leese, Elizabeth. Costume Design in the Movies. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1991.

Lewis, Monica with Lamanna, Dean. Hollywood Through My Eyes. Brule: Cable Publishing, 2011.

Mann, William J. Behind the Screen. New York: Viking, 2001.

Morris, Michael. Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova. New York: Abbeville Press, 1991.

Reilly, Maureen. Hollywood Costume Design by Travilla. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003.

Rose, Helen. Just Make Them Beautiful. Santa Monica: Dennis-Landman Publishers, 1976.

Sharaff, Irene. Broadway & Hollywood. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976.

Tolini Finamore, Michelle. Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

Vaughan, Hal. Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

SIGNED ARTICLES

Adrian. “Do American Women Want American Clothes?” Harper’s Bazaar, February 1934, p. 135.

Alden, Alice. “Movie Colony Awaits Mme. Chanel’s Nomination to Sartorial Hall of Fame.” Shamokin (Pennsylvania) News-Dispatch, March 28, 1931, p. 3.

Anderson, George. “Stage and Screen: Pittsburgher Helps Stars Look Like Stars.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 31, 1973, p. 8.

Anderson, George. “The Triangle Tattler: In Memoriam.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 1982, p. 24.

Arne, Sigrid. “Movie Wardrobe Department Brings Gwen Plenty Gray Hair.” Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle, December 13, 1941, p. 3.

Astor, Mary. “Talkies? ‘They Can’t Last.’” New York Times, October 15, 1967, Arts & Leisure section, p. 117.

Banton, Biddy, “A Century of Fashion.” New York Times, June 10, 1951, p. SM-11.

Banton, Biddy, “California Sun Fashions.” New York Times, November 7, 1948, p. SM-52.

Benningtonm, Arthur. “The Last Word in Daring Gowns.” The Milwaukee Sentinel, December 18, 1922, p. 10.

Blank, Edward D. “Pittsburgh’s Burton Miller Amused at Report of Rift: Designer Finds Fabric of Hollywood in ‘Feud,’ Torn Costumes.” The Pittsburgh Press, October 26, 1976, p. 27.

Blank, Edward D. “‘Rollercoaster’ Designer Suits Costumes to Performers, Roles.” The Pittsburgh Press, April 21, 1977, p. C-6.

Brand, Harry. “Biography of René Hubert.” 20th Century-Fox studio biography, n.d., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills).

Brody, Meredith. “Costume Drama.” Interview, August 1989, p. 126.

Bullitt Lowry, Helen. “High Art Home-Made, or Paris Robbed of Her Prey.” New York Times, November 9, 1919, p. SM3.

Byrne, Julie. “How Bonnie, Clyde Designer Does It.” Los Angeles Times, September 10, 1968, part IV: page 1.

Campbell, Lillian. “Achieves Ambition as Screen Designer.” The Hammond (Indiana) Times, December 6, 1937, p. 12.

Carroll, Harrison. “Hollywood.” The (Massillon, Ohio) Evening Independent, December 15, 1947, p. 4.

Cartnal, Alan. “Bonnie, Clyde Style Creator Concentrates on Elegant Look.” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1970, part IV: page 1.

Chierichetti, David. “Charles Le Maire: 40 Years of Creating Costumes for the Stars.” Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1981, p. C9.

Chierichetti, David. “Cinematic Realism Replaces Fading Images of Glamour.” Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1984, p. L27.

Chierichetti, David. “Edith Head: An Enigmatic Life and Legend.” Los Angeles Times, October 21, 1983, pp. F12-F16.

Chierichetti, David. “Ethnic Costumes: A Tale of 200 Cities.” Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1982, p. K6.

Chierichetti, David. “Fashion.” Los Angeles Times, February 17, 1984, pp. F1-F3.

Chierichetti, David. “Fashion.” Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1985, pp. E1-E3.

Chierichetti, David. “Helen Rose Remembers.” Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1981, pp. L8, SF8.

Chierichetti, David. “How they Dress the Hollywood Heroes.” Los Angeles Times, April 4, 1980, pp. I2-I3.

Chierichetti, David. “Juggling Movie Figures.” Los Angeles Times, August 22, 1980, p. I1.

Chierichetti, David. “Milo Anderson: Quiet Man with Resounding Talent for Costumes.” Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1983, pp. G1-G3.

Chierichetti, David. “Star Style: Hollywood’s Legendary Fashion Firsts.” Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1978, p. H6.

Curtis, Charlotte. “Anything Goes in Acapulco—Except the Lilly.” New York Times, March 12, 1968, p. 38.

Dale, Eleanor. “The Film Forum.” The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 14, 1921, p. 6.

Davis, Leah R. “The Man is Known by the Clothes They Wear.” The Family Circle, Vol 7, No, 1. July 5, 1935, p. 14.

Deutsch, Linda. “Bonnie, Clyde Designer Reached Success After Being Fired.” The Kansas City Times, March 19, 1968, p. 8.

Dunning, Decla. “Californians Success Story.” Script Magazine. March, 1949.

Durham, Walter A. Letter to Alden Olds, n.d. (c. 1962). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills), Special Collections.

Foley, Barbara. “Jean Louis and His First Ladies.” W Magazine, March 27–April 3, 1981, p. 10.

Gatlelain, Jacque. “Frenchman Interviews the Designers of Movie Modes.” The Milwaukee Journal, February 7, 1935, p. 12-M.

Garner, Ruth Dennen. “Gowns to be Two-Sided.” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 1925, p. B-5.

Garrison, Maxine. “Retail Fashion Designer Makes Filmland Sit Up and Take Notice.” The Pittsburgh Press, January 17, 1945, p. 15.

Garson, Greer. Letter to Marjorie O. Best, March 13, 1961. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills), Special Collections.

Greer, Howard. “I’ve Dressed Them All.” Modern Screen, Volume 7, No. 1, December 1933, p. 44.

Haber, Joyce. “Costume Designer Gives the Stars a Dressing Down.” Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1970, Calendar Section, p. 9.

Hall, Barbara. “Oral History with Adele Balkan.” n.d. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills). Oral Histories.

Hammond, Fay. “Society and Film Notables Open Hearts and Pocketbooks to Raise $150,000.” Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1947, p. A1.

Hampton, Mary. “Fashion Famous Dolly Tree Tells of Smart Movie Costumes.” The Modesto (California) Bee and News-Herald, June 7, 1939, p. 8.

Harmetz, Aljean. “Designer with an Affinity for the Past.” New York Times, March 13, 1988, p. 23.

Harrington, Lisa. “From Rags to Riches.” California Monthly, June–July 1981, p. 15.

Harrison, Paul. “Her Suit May Suit Men.” The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, April 16, 1942, p. 15.

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Hopper, Hedda. “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood.” Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen, May 8, 1951, p. 13.

Hopper, Hedda. “English Duo Seeks Comedies.” The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 30, 1948, p. 10.

Hopper, Hedda. “Hedda Says—Powell-Loy Film Needs Revisions.” The Pittsburgh Press, April 6, 1945, p. 27.

Hopper, Hedda. “Travis Banton, Designer for Films, to Wed.” Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1942, p. A7.

Houston-Montgomery, Beauregard. “Travilla.” Interview, August 29, 1981, p. 100.

Howe, Herb. “Her Years as Valentino’s Wife.” The New Movie Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, February 1930, p. 32.

Hutson, John and Cashion, Duny. “Put the Blame on Jean Louis.” Palm Springs Life. Volume 39, No. 8, April 1997, p. 48.

Jefferson Doepken, Kitty. “Paul Zastupnevich, Pittsburgh Native, in Oscar-Running with ‘Poseidon’ Designs.” Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register, March 11, 1973.

Johnson, Erskine. “In Hollywood: on TV.” Redlands (California) Daily Facts, November 12, 1953, p. 10.

Jungmeyer, Jack (NEA). “Costuming Gives Films Personality.” The (St. Petersburg, Florida) Evening Independent, January 12, 1924, p. 6.

Kawatzky, Vivian. “Irene’s Show Her Last.” The Milwaukee Sentinel, November 17, 1962, part 1, p. 4.

Keavy, Hubbard (Associated Press). “Screen Life in Hollywood.” Bluefield (West Virginia) Daily Telegram, September 15, 1936, p. 6.

Kerr, Deborah. Letter to Irene Lentz-Gibbons, June 21, 1947. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills), Special Collections.

Krier, Beth Ann. “Costume Designer for the Famous.” Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1974, pp. M1-M2.

Laird, London. “About Town.” Kansas City Times, April 13, 1963, p. 37.

LaPrise, Ray. “So His Wife Goes to His Competitors.” Daytona Beach (Florida) Morning News, October 6, 1958, p.3.

Lane, Lydia. “LeMaire’s Clothes Flatter, Not Disguise, The Figure.” Mansfield (Ohio) News-Journal, September 22 1958, p. 8.

Lang Hunt, Julie. “Trials and Triumphs of a Hollywood Dress Designer.” Photoplay, Vol. 49, No. 4, April 1936, p. 23.

Lentz Gibbons, Irene. Scrapbooks (1932–1962). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills), Special Collections.

Lindstrom, Jan. “Material Girl.” Variety, February 9, 2005, p. A2.

Luther, Marylou. “‘74 Gatsby Look Dim Reflection of the Past.” Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1974, pp. G1-G2.

Manning, Maybelle. “Fashion Capitals of World Started in Same Way as Miami—Style History Made with Dress Creations.” The Miami Daily News, October 27, 1941, p. 7A.

Markel, Helen. “Adrian Talks of Gowns—and of Goats.” New York Times, May 29, 1945, p. 14.

Merreck, Molly. “Hollywood in Person.” The Milwaukee Journal, December 12, 1932, p. 5.

Mitchell, Flint. “Interview: Paul Zastupnevich.” LISFan 6, Vol. 1, No.6, Summer 1990.

Neville, Lucie (NEA). “Designer Revolts Against Calendar’s Dictatorship.” The (St. Petersburg, Florida) Independent, August 8, 1940, p. 7.

Osborne, Robert. “Hollywood style lost one of the best friends” The Hollywood Reporter, June 24, 1992.

Othman, Frederick C. “Venus De Milo Figure Adopted by Hollywood.” Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada, September 1, 1937, p. 5.

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Page, Eleanor. “Ask Sloan About Acapulco.” Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1967, §2, p. 6.

Parnell, Dorothy. “Greer Tells of his ‘Designs’ on Women.” Milwaukee Sentinel, September 12, 1959, §2, p. 5.

Parsons, Louella O. “Paris Styles Will be Worn by Stars: Mme. Chanel Going to Hollywood to Give Actresses Latest Fashions.” The St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, February 27, 1931, p. 8.

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Percy, Eileen. “Well-Dressed Stars Certain: Mlle. Chanel to See to That at Goldwyn Studio.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 25, 1931, p. 18.

Quintanilla, Michael. “Dressing for an Affair.” Los Angeles Times, July 30, 1999, p. E1.

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Riding, Alan. “Erté, a Master of Fashion, Stage and Art Deco Design, Is Dead at 97.” New York Times, April 22, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/22/obituaries/erte-a-master-of-fashion-stage-and-art-deco-design-is-dead-at-97.html, accessed May 16, 2015.

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Rose, Helen. “I’m a Designing Woman.” Coronet, March 1967, p. 142.

Rose, Helen. “Movie Bridal Paths Cut High-Fashion Trail.” Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1982, part V, p. 26.

Sabol, Blair. “The Master of Cinderella Makeovers.” Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1975, part VIII, p. 1.

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Tildesley, Alice L. “Where Women Really Reveal Themselves.” The Lincoln (Nebraska) Star, January 27, 1935, p. E3.

Tildesley, Alice L. “Back Come the Curves!” The (San Mateo, California) Times, March 21, 1938, p. 11.

Tildesley, Alice L. “Famous Hollywood Designer says 1925–28 was the Ugliest in the History of Fashions—Women Wore “Barrel” Clothes Then and Stars Refuse to Re-don Them for Period Pictures.” Sarasota (Florida) Herald & Tribune, August 24, 1938, p. 8.

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Young, Marian. “Hollywood’s Young Designers Threaten Supremacy of Paris, New York Stylists—Main Job is to Create Glamor.” The Pittsburgh Press, October 1, 1935, p. 25.

Young, Marian. “Movie Stars Drop Their Glamour When Cameras Stop.” The Milwaukee Journal, October 4, 1935, p. 3.

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UNSIGNED ARTICLES

“Actor Held in Crash Inquiry.” The San Bernardino County (California) Sun, January 15, 1942, p. 11.

“Actors at Warner Studios Garbed by Marjorie Best.” The Shawinigan (Canada) Standard, April 20, 1955, p. 16.

“Adrian Answers 20 Questions on Garbo.” Photoplay, Vol 48, No. 4, September 1935, pp. 36–37, 76–77.

“Approaching the Stars in Fall Beauty; Designer Irene’s New Creations Will Make Dreams Come True.” The Milwaukee Journal. September 12, 1948, §7, p. 9.

“Annual Report 2012/2013.” Blind Children’s Center, Los Angeles, California, n.d. http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org/annu-al1213_75.html, accessed May 12, 2015.

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“Blackmailed Film Stylist Kills Herself.” Los Angeles Daily News, June 30, 1947.

“Bonnie Cashin.” Current Biography, May 1970, p. 9.

“Burton Miller, Movie Costumes Designer.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 1982, p. 29.

“Charles Le Maire, Designer in Movies.” Sun-Sentinel (United Press International), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 11, 1985, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-06-11/news/8501230396_1_monsieur-le-maire-costumes-broadway, accessed May 15, 2015.

“Cost of Gowns High In Films.” The Wichita (Kansas) Beacon, July 17, 1921, p. 3.

“Couturier to Join Films; Madame Chanel to Design Fashion in Hollywood.” The (Montreal, Canada) Gazette, January 31, 1931, p. 11.

“Daniel J. Sullivant dies in Auto Wreck.” New York Times, March 13, 1922.

“Death Takes Travis Banton in Hollywood.” Long Beach (California) Independent, February 3, 1958, p. 16.

“Death Threatens Studio Veteran.” Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1936, p. A2.

“Deaths: Banton—Biddy” New York Times, May 2, 1970, p. 34.

“Designer and her Creation; Dress Genius Gauges Lure of Sex in Fashion.” The Milwaukee Journal, December 17, 1921, Final, p. 1.

“Died, Andreani.” Oakland (California) Tribune, May 9, 1903, p. 3.

“Divorce Rolls List Notables.” Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1940, p. 4.

“Dorothy Jeakins.” Toledo (Ohio) Blade, November 29, 1995, §2, p.13.

“Dorothy Jeakins.” Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, July 1, 1947.

“Early Day Film Actress Passes.” Los Angeles Times, August 24, 1939, p. A8.

“Effective today is a new contract between Irene and MGM.” California Apparel News, June 4, 1947.

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“Fashion Designer Gilbert Adrian Has Heart Attack.” Times Daily (Associated Press), Florence, Alabama, May 1, 1952, §2, p. 4.

“Famed Dress Designer Travis Banton Dies.” Los Angeles Times, February 3, 1958, p. B2.

“Fashion Forecast: Mlle. Chanel Returns.” The Lewiston (Maine) Daily Sun, July 23, 1931, p. 3.

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“Film Stars’ Duds Slay Good Taste.” (Associated Press) The Spokesman-Review, November 6, 1935, p. 1.

“Friend of Hollywood Film Beauties Dies.” S an Bernardino County (California) Sun, October 26, 1936, p. 2.

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“Gilbert Adrian, Designer, Dies.” The Bend (Oregon) Bulletin, September 14, 1959, p. 8.

“Gilbert Adrian Sick, Kept in Dress Shop.” Miami Daily News, May 1, 1952, p. 9A.

“Glamorous Styles of Lean Years Now Sought by Women.” Pottstown (Pennsylvania) Mercury, May 11, 1937, p. 6.

“Gloria has New Gowns by Chanel.” The Brownsville (Texas) Herald, March 6, 1932, p. 10.

“Gowning of Fox Film Stars One of Important Details of Work.” The Daily Notes, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1930, p 6.

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“Wardrobe Woman at Big Studio Has Wide Variety of Duties; Makes Pajamas for Elephants.” The (St. Petersburg, Florida) Independent, August 2, 1935, p. 6.

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AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS

The Hollywood Fashion Machine. American Movie Classics and Marcia Ely Productions, 1995.

Hollywood Fashion Machine. World of Wonder, 1999–2000. Episodes: “Edith Head,” 1999, “Starmakers,” 1999, “Paris Goes to Hollywood,” 1999; “Dressed to Thrill,” 1999; “Fashion Duos,” 1999; “Studio Style Wars,” 2000; “Fashion of Fear” 2000.

Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story. British Broadcasting Corporation and RKO Pictures, 1987.

Plunkett, Walter, audio recording. January 30, 1980. Accession Number: 4000-01-351. Pacific Film Archive Audio Recordings Collection, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

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