Unmistakable Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie

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Ask anyone what Cher wore to the Oscars in 1985 and they can describe the Spiderwoman headdress, the exposed navel, and the looks on people's faces when she made her entrance. Ask about Carol Burnett's "Went With the Wind" dress, and they'll say it was a green velvet Southern Belle costume made from drapes -- with the curtain rod still attached. Funny and outrageous, these are just two of the many costumes Mackie has indelibly etched into our minds. He has also dressed such celebrities as Elton John, Bette ...
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Ask anyone what Cher wore to the Oscars in 1985 and they can describe the Spiderwoman headdress, the exposed navel, and the looks on people's faces when she made her entrance. Ask about Carol Burnett's "Went With the Wind" dress, and they'll say it was a green velvet Southern Belle costume made from drapes -- with the curtain rod still attached. Funny and outrageous, these are just two of the many costumes Mackie has indelibly etched into our minds. He has also dressed such celebrities as Elton John, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, and RuPaul; designed for Broadway, Las Vegas, opera, and ballet; and currently runs a couture business with licenses for fragrance, fashion accessories, eyewear, suits, furs, home furnishings, and collectible Barbie dolls.

This spectacularly bright and colorful book is as outrageous as Mackie's designs. In addition to classic photos of marvelous Mackie-clad superstars of the last three decades, glorious gatefolds and specially commissioned color photographs by Gideon Lewin illustrate Mackie's extraordinary achievements.

Unmistakably Mackie demonstrates how this seven-time Emmy Award-winning designer has reached the consciousness of the American masses and turned them on to a stylish fantasy that is purely his own.

Frank DeCaro writes the "Style Over Substance" column for the New York Times and is a consulting editor at TV Guide. He is a regular on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the author of A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780789306524
  • Publisher: Universe Publishing
  • Publication date: 9/22/2001
  • Pages: 144
  • Product dimensions: 8.12 (w) x 11.58 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Frank DeCaro

Frank DeCaro (New York, NY) is heard each weekday morning on his own live national call-in program, "The Frank DeCaro Show," on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, which now boasts more than 25 million subscribers. His guests have run the gamut from Ernest Borgnine to Tom Ford—on one three-hour show!—and his following across North America is as loyal as it is diverse.

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Table of Contents

A Message from FIT 6
Foreword 7
Introduction: Bob Mackie: Making Fantasies Real 8
Chapter 1 The Allure of Technicolor: Growing Up at the Movies-- A Conversation with Ray Aghayan 18
Chapter 2 Glamour Girls (and Boys)-- A Conversation with Ann-Margret 28
Chapter 3 Making Specials a Specialty-- A Conversation with Mitzi Gaynor 48
Chapter 4 A Fashion Show Every Week-- A Conversation with Cher-- Q&A: Bob Mackie on Cher 62
Chapter 5 I Saw it in the Window and I Just Couldn't Resist It-- A Conversation with Carol Burnett-- Q&A: Bob Mackie on The Carol Burnett Show 72
Chapter 6 Showgirls: Defining Las Vegas-- A Conversation with RuPaul 94
Chapter 7 Designing For Hollywood-- A Conversation with Bernadette Peters 103
Chapter 8 Going Public: Designing for the Theater, Opera, and Ballet-- A Conversation with Angela Lansbury 113
Chapter 9 Barbie 126
Chapter 10 Bringing Hollywood to Seventh Avenue 134
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