Irene Lentz Oscar Award Nominations

Irene Lentz Oscar Award Nominations

I’ve always enjoyed watching the Academy Awards show each year. This February 27th, 2011 marks the 83rd annual Academy Awards, or “The Oscars” as they’re affectionately known. Irene was nominated for the Oscar twice for Best Costume Design. The first time was at the 21st Academy Award show in 1949. The category was Costume Design (Black and White), for the 1948 movie “B. F.’s Daughter“. View a sketch by Irene for one of the gowns worn by Barbara Stanwyck in the movie B.F.’s Daughter. The second nomination came at the 33rd Academy Awards show in 1961. The category was Costume Design (Color), for the 1960 movie “Midnight Lace“. This image is a photo of a page from my copy of the delightful book: Oscar...

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Posted by on Jan 17, 2011 in The Designer | 0 comments

The Detailed work of Designer Irene Lentz

A few weeks ago, I posted the photos of the beautiful gowns from Winifred’s Irene collection. Winifred offered to share some more detailed photos of these gowns, so we could see some of the up-close, hand-sewn work Irene’s designs entail. It’s not often we get the chance to take a deeper, more investigative look (so to speak) into Irene’s handi-work, so when Winifred offered to share with us, I was thrilled and hope you enjoy as well. Thanks again to Winifred for sharing photos and insight into the detailed work of Designer Irene. From Winifred: .. I can tell you, and from my experiences in sewing and tailoring, the majority of the work that was done on each of these dresses was done by hand. It was not easy to capture this kind of work...

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Posted by on Jul 16, 2010 in The Designer | 1 comment