Irene’s Satin Floral Gown at Decades

Our sincere thanks to Decades Inc. for sharing images of Irene’s gorgeous satin floral gown. This garment is currently being featured at Decades – Melrose Ave. Los Angeles. The image above is from Decades Blog. Click on it to view their original post about Irene and this incredible gown. Additional views below. ...

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Several Irenes from Fowler Collection

Many thanks to Bret Fowler, for sharing with us, some of his personal collection of Irene Garments. Included below are descriptions of each piece. Photos display below to show detail. Please click on the individual thumbnails to see a much larger view. I hope to post more from Mr. Fowler’s collection soon. Thank you.. Enjoy! DRAPED COCKTAIL DRESS, c. 1947-1952 BLACK SILK MARQUISETTE OVER BLACK SATIN-BACK CREPE LABELED “IRENE EXCLUSIVELY FOR RANSOHOFFS, SAN FRANCISCO” COURTESY OF BRET FOWLER ...

Irene at Bullocks Wilshire

I came across a new post this morning, from Lindsay at iamnotastalker.com about the Bullocks Wilshire department store and it’s wonderful history. Among many very interesting facts about this building, it’s design and uses in several major films; Lindsay also mentions Irene’s work there in the Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele and Hollywood stars. In the article is also mention of Cedric Gibbons, who played a role in the design of the building… in the relief located above the department store’s Wilshire Boulevard entrance. Cedric was MGM’s art director and designer of the “Oscar” statue. His writer, brother Elliot Gibbons, is who Irene Lentz would later...

Actress Irene compared to Gloria Swanson

I have scanned several old Newspaper pages and clippings that Irene kept. This is one of the earliest ones. Though there’s no photo of Irene on the page, the author – (Ogden, I believe) – mentions Irene as “one of the new girls” on the scene and a “potential Gloria Swanson”. He goes on to say how Irene cares for her two brothers (my grandfather and grand-uncle) and that she won a Los Angeles Beauty Contest a couple of years prior to her start as an actress. I do not know the date of this article unfortunately, but I’m guessing it was around 1920. Click on the image to see a much larger view.