Our costume collection was very generously donated by MGM Studios. There are about 60 dresses and garments that make up the collection. The assortment spans from the golden age of Hollywood in the 1930’s to the 1960’s. We now know that 26different film productions can be positively identified by labels sewn in the inside of some costumes. Stars such as Lana Turner, Gene Kelly and Esther Williams wore these. We are constantly working to identify more of the films that these costumes appear in.
The displays are changed about 4 to 5 times a year. The dresses are beautifully made, with beading, lace and real fur. They are to die for, now if only I could squish myself into one of them.
News from the Costume Chair by Louise Coffey-Webb, Costume Committee Chair Costumes are similar to people in that, from the moment they are created, they begin to deteriorate! In other …
by Louise Coffey-Webb, Costume Committee Chair Summer is upon us and I, for one, am trying to clean out the quantities of “stuff” that seem to multiply mysteriously over the …
by Louise Coffey-Webb, Costume Committee Chair MGM COSTUMES ARCHIVED! March 6th was a red-letter day for the costume collection at the Archives & Research Center (ARC), because it was the …
