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Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.92092
EAN: 9781580931939
ISBN: 1580931936
Label: Monacelli
Manufacturer: Monacelli
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: April 10, 2008
Publisher: Monacelli
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Studio: Monacelli
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Editorial Review:
This book highlights and showcases many of Adrian great costume and fashion designs from the 1920s through the 1950s. Not only are his timeless glamour gowns, period costumes, and amazing show-girl costumes shown from the movies, but also his impeccable suits and beautiful gowns from his private label. The ten years of Adrian Ltd. are summarized year-by-year, and his life with Janet Gaynor and his taste for decorating and art are described.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Could be better
I've got to say that when I saw a book devoted to "Adrian," I got very excited, because I am a great admirer of his work during his years at MGM. However I must admit that I was disappointed with this book for its lack of actual content. If this were a simple photographic display of Adrian's works, I would have enjoyed the book more; it is the content that weakens the presentation.
The narrative starts out fine, giving the reader a sense of Adrian's struggles to delve into the fashion ... Read More
Rating:  - a truly talented man!
I have long been an admirer of Adrian. It's a shame that Oscars for costume design weren't given out until 1949, because he'd have garnered many of them. He could design something as basic (yet revolutionary) as the "Letty Lynton" dress, or as dazzling as the costumes in "The Great Zigfeld," both in the "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" number, then in the "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before" stage show. I think his crowning glory was his work on "Marie Antionette." I knew little about Adrian after ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic book
Fantastic book - gorgeous photographs and behind the scenes antidotes give you the sense of actually being there in Hollywood during this glamorous age.
Rating: - glamour de luxe, film style
adrian, a/k/a gilbert adrian, was one of the few designers for the classic hollywood films that did not blow his own horn during his time in the fashion industry as both costume designer and couturier.
in his somewhat short life, he worked hard, played hard and draped some of the film industry's most glamourous bodies in uniquely beautiful designs. his creativity was unstoppable. yet, in a weird twist of fate, he was never to compete for an academy award.
it is a wonderful ... Read More
Rating: - great reading!!!!!
I love this book soooo much i remember all the old movies that Adrian desigend for .. so happy with this book thanks Robert
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