Irene at work
This is a photo of Irene leaving the former studio in Culver City.
“Once the designer for Los Angeles’ swank Bullock’s-Wilshire store, Irene, who is married to Hollywood Writer Eliot Gibbons (brother of MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons) went to M-G-M in 1942, where she heads a staff of more than 200. She will now cut down her M-G-M designing to eight or ten major pictures a year, delegate the rest to her assistants. MGM, anticipating profitable publicity tie-ins from the department stores, is entirely happy about the setup.”
Read the full article from TIME, originally written Aug. 25, 1947.
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Irene is my grand-aunt, and admired for her work in women's fashion and Hollywood costume design. Her talent as a successful clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her long career as a costume designer for many great films in Hollywood.. until her sudden death in 1962. I hope you enjoy your visit.. ~ Karlyn
how wonderful to see the new pictures. I’d love to see if the building is still there and what the area looks like now.
that’s great! i was expecting it to be gone or dwarfed by newer bigger buildings, great to see that it’s little changed
Went by IRENE, INC on Hayden. The building is still there and virtually unchanged. A PR firm leases it now.
Hello Mary, Thank you for the update. It’s been about a year ago now since I saw the building as well. I agree that it appears unchanged from decades ago. It’s more the landscape around it that’s changed. I wish I could see a view of the way it looked inside at the time that Irene used the building. I have not been able to locate any pictures of the interior though.
~ Karlyn