Designing Male [Ex Libris Noel Taylor; Association Copy]
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[Ex Libris Noel Taylor; Association Copy] Greer, Howard. Designing Male. First Edition. 1952. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good condition. Third party gift inscription to costume designer Noel Taylor, “For my new friend Noel—an old copy of his friend’s book—affectionately, Leonard. October 4th 1984.”
This is the fascinating memoir of a Midwestern farm boy who found himself working for fashion designer Lady Duff Gordon and rode that trajectory to Hollywood, where he became a studio costume designer and top couturier. In the book, he recalls co-hosting a tea for Queen Marie of Roumania (crashed by Elsie de Wolfe and Elsa Maxwell), playing a prank on his mother with the assistance of Greta Garbo, and hiring Edith Head at Paramount even though she admitted to presenting fraudulent examples of her work.
This is the fascinating memoir of a Midwestern farm boy who found himself working for fashion designer Lady Duff Gordon and rode that trajectory to Hollywood, where he became a studio costume designer and top couturier. In the book, he recalls co-hosting a tea for Queen Marie of Roumania (crashed by Elsie de Wolfe and Elsa Maxwell), playing a prank on his mother with the assistance of Greta Garbo, and hiring Edith Head at Paramount even though she admitted to presenting fraudulent examples of her work.
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