Title

Yvonne Blake: Dressing the Screen - Costume Design in Hollywood

Contributor Names

Blake, Yvonne

Landis, Deborah Nadoolman

Steele, Valerie

Spain Culture New York

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum

Date

2013-11-15

Description

Two celebrated costume designers, Yvonne Blake and Deborah Nadoolman Landis, PhD, talk about their careers in film. Dr. Landis, an Oscar nominee, designed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and curated the 2012 Victoria and Albert exhibition, Hollywood Costume. Academy Award winner Yvonne Blake dressed film legends such as Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in dozens of films. Some of her most outstanding works can bee seen in Superman, Nicholas and Alexandria, Jesus Christ Superstar, Looking for Richard, Flesh & Blood and The Three Musketeers.

Hosted by Valerie Steele.

Presented by The Museum at FIT, November 15, 2013.

Organized by Spain Culture New York in collaboration with the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Costume design

Costume designers

Fashion in motion pictures

Motion pictures

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000969