From ruby slippers to fashion runways, Adrian: A Lifetime of Movie Glamour, Art and High Fashion is a visual celebration of the life and work of the man behind some of the most memorable fashions of Hollywood's golden age.This book is a bright and vivacious look at the fashion, art and homes of one of the most celebrated fashion designers of the twentieth century. Adrian (1903-1959) designed costumes for over 150 Hollywood productions, including fabulous gowns worn by such iconic actresses as Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, and Katharine Hepburn. He then went on to found one of the most popular and influential fashion labels of the mid-twentieth century, Adrian, Ltd. He had a passion for art and interior design, as seen in his impeccably decorated homes, which he shared with his wife, Hollywood movie star Janet Gaynor, and his personal paintings and sketches.The man who created the famous ruby slippers worn in The Wizard of Oz was also the first American designer honored with a retrospective at the Smithsonian Institution, and his influence can still be felt on the runways in New York and Paris today. This is the first book on the famed Hollywood fashion an... [Read More]

From his earliest days working at the colossal movie studio MGM, at the young age of 24, Gilbert Adrian had a vision that would showcase a new era in costume design for the screen. So fresh were his ideas, so original were his designs, and so extraordinary the workmanship that Adrian quite rightly earned the elegant film credit sobriquet, "Gowns by Adrian." He was the first, if not the most publicized, of a Hollywood hybrid known as the costume designer/couturier.Gowns by Adrian: The MGM Years, 1928-1941 is the first comprehensive look at this prodigiously talented designer in his glory years at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The result of more than 10 years of research, access to previously unavailable MGM personnel files, and containing many unpublished photographs and complete filmography, Gowns by Adrian brings us into the design studio and onto the sound stage and makes us privy to the everyday give-and-take between designer and star. For the reclusive Garbo, Adrian was the only designer who understood her wish to avoid revealing necklines or fur; Shearer was particular in another way: two versions of every dress were de rigeur before she would choose one of them; and Crawford, was ther... [Read More]

This book highlights and showcases many of Adrian great costume and fashion designs from the 1920s through the 1950s. Not only are his timeless glamour gowns, period costumes, and amazing show-girl costumes shown from the movies, but also his impeccable suits and beautiful gowns from his private label. The ten years of Adrian Ltd. are summarized year-by-year, and his life with Janet Gaynor and his taste for decorating and art are described.

Hollywood Dinner Party, Circa 1933.She was uniquely and undeniably beautiful, radiating a style unlike anything 1930s movie audiences had ever seen.  In "Dinner at Eight," one of the great screen comedies of manners, Jean Harlow took Hollywood by storm. She is at her most beautiful, mixing girlish innocence with brash sexiness.  She was put in the artistic hands of costume designer Adrian, and it was a match made in heaven.  Harlow wore shimmering satin like no one else, to stun, to wow, to dazzle.  It was the making of the most iconic actress of the Hollywood classic films era.The cinematic Art Deco coupe, inspired by high-society dinner parties of the 1930s, is quintessential Harlow, sassy and vivacious with seductive stature and romantic innuendo.  Each Art Deco, artisan-crafted stem is complemented by an extra-wide bowl, perfect for "opening up" the aromatic qualities of craft cocktails.  True to the sophisticated, smaller-size coupes of an earlier era, they are fun to hold, fun to sip.  Excellent for dinner parties or any occasion where glamour is requested.  Offered in a Gift Box Set of 2, for keeping or giving. 

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