Banton of Paramount Haute Couture in Hollywood''s Golden Age

An introduction to the career of Travis Banton, one of the preeminent costume/fashion designers of Hollywood’s Celebrated “Golden Age.” Working at Paramount Pictures from 1925 through 1938, Banton was responsible for creating the on-screen images of such legendary actresses as Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Mae West, and most notably Marlene Dietrich. His peers were Gilbert Adrian at MGM and Orry-Kelly at Warner Brothers; one of his proteges was the legendary designer Edith Head. Eschewing a potentially lucrative legal career, Banton attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, the first school in New York City to offer courses in fashion design. This led to positions with the most famous and successful couturiéres of the day, the British Lady Duff-Gordon and Madame Frances who, despite her name, lived and worked in the United States. They both served as a training ground for Banton’s eventual move to Paramount Pictures in 1925. This celebration of his career and achievements is long overdue. 

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By Howard Gutner

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An introduction to the career of Travis Banton, one of the preeminent costume/fashion designers of Hollywood’s Celebrated “Golden Age.” Banton was responsible for creating the on-screen images of such legendary actresses as Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Mae West, and most notably Marlene Dietrich.

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• Autori: Howard Gutner, Gutner Howard
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.09.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari
• EAN: 9781493085026
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-8502-6
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Categorie: USA, Fashion Design, Hollywood, Fashion, New York City, Marlene Dietrich, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Morocco, edith Head, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Fashion, pola negri, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Mae West, United States of America, USA, Josef von Sternberg, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, History of the Americas, Film history, theory & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Fashion & textiles, fashion designers, Hollywood Glamour, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Gloria Swanson, Warner Brothers, Claudette Colbert, costume designers, nothing scared, the golden age, Clara Bow, Arts Student League, Carole Lombard, shanghai express, hollywood actresses, Blonde Venus, digg-gordon, goin to town, gilbert adrian, swing high, swing low, the devil is a woman, my man godfrey, every day's a holiday, dishonored, the dressmaker from paris, travis banton, new york school of fine and applied arts, lee garmes, torch singer, 20th century United States history, im no angel, the princess comes across, tonight is ours, orry-kelly, madame frances, leatrice joy