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Chau Nguyen Fash 100. Bringing High Fashion & Glamour to the Silver Screen. hired by MGM studios in 1928 reigned as head costume designer until 1942 costumed over 250 films in his MGM career won the Coty American Fashion Critics Award in 1944. Two Nationwide Phenomenons.
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Chau Nguyen Fash 100
Bringing High Fashion & Glamour to the Silver Screen • hired by MGM studios in 1928 • reigned as head costume designer until 1942 • costumed over 250 films in his MGM career • won the Coty American Fashion Critics Award in 1944
Two Nationwide Phenomenons • Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight, 1933 • sheer bias cut silk satin gown • Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton, 1932 • made of white ruffled organdy
The Adrian Silhouette • Katherine Hepburn (left) in Philadelphia Story, 1940 • Joan Crawford (right) in Humoresque, 1946 • silhouette consisted of floor-length gown with padded • shoulders and cinched waist to give the illusion of an • elongated hour-glass figure
His favorite, and perhaps, greatest muse of all time… …Greta Garbo • worked with Garbo for most her career • the only designer to ever capture her true essence • she possessed his ideal figure/template for his • designs that was absent of curves, save for the • slightest indentation at the waist and straight hips
His Most Iconic Look… • Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and gingham dress