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An Irene gown was recently walked down the red carpet, by the talented Parker Posey, at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. The dress is gorgeous!
The Fashion blog of The Recessionista shares this news, along with wonderful photos and information of other red carpet starlets who have worn Irene’s designs from the role in the movie that Irene dressed them for, to the stage where they received their Oscar.
Irene was nominated for the Oscar on a couple of occasions, but did not win it.
Many years later however, at the 7th Annual Costume Designer’s Guild Awards (2005), Irene was awarded into the Hall of fame.
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Just sharing..
Irene is a name, derived from the Greek, meaning “Peace”.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene)
Many thanks to Christian for sharing these lovely sketches.
They are from 1941 when Irene still had her own label at Bullock’s. Two are signed by Adele Balken, who was her sketch artist at the time.
View more by Christian at The Silver Screen Modiste, all about costumes and fashions of old Hollywood movies and the designers that created them.
My thanks to Bret for sharing this wonderful press photo of an Irene sketch for Marlene Dietrich from “The Lady Is Willing” – 1942.
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The back of the sketch reads:
"An unusually chic town suit, designed by Irene, is worn by Marlene Dietrich in Columbia picture “The Lady Is Willing.” Black silk bengaline is the fabric, cut with a narrow skirt and flared peplum jacket, it embodies the high style notes of the season. A vest of white bugle beads adds further elegance to the costume. (MARLENE DIETRICH #13)“
Thanks to Christian Esquevin for sharing these beautiful photos of Irene from her MGM studio days. Below, she is holding her sketches from one of my favorite movies – Easter Parade. Click the photos for a larger view. You can see more of wonderful classic Hollywood at Christian’s Silver Screen Modiste.
I’ve had the pleasure of receiving, and adding to the website, more photos and descriptions of Irene’s Designs from Bret’s personal collection. Thank you Bret!
Below are some of the newest additions to the site. To view much more of Bret’s collection of Irenes, and learn more about Bret himself, please click here.
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