Christian Esquevin
My blogs
Gender | Male |
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Location | Southern California |
Introduction | I write about, research, and collect the artifacts of golden age Hollywood costume design and the designers and studios that produced them. I have specialized in the Hollywood costume designers of the classic period - from the 1920s through the early 1960s. I collect the costume design sketches of designers Walter Plunkett, Irene (Gibbons), Orry-Kelly, Edith Head, Mary Wills, Helen Rose, Travilla, Jean Louis, Rene Hubert, Edward Stevenson, Donfeld, Renie (Conley), and others. Costume design takes its first tangible step with the these sketches, and they were then passed around from director to star and to cutter-fitters and seamstresses that made the costumes. Although my book is about Adrian, I write about a variety of costume designers on this blog. My interests will follow the creation of costume and the motion picture arts in the old studio system and how the creation of costume has influenced fashion. I grew up in Los Angeles where the legacy of old Hollywood influenced my personal life. I hope I can share my knowledge and these rich visual resources to bring those times back to life. |