He was such a busy guy, but he gave me well over an hour of his time, and treated me like a colleague. I have this horrible kind of fear of retiring and not doing anything because I would be so unhappy, and, when youre like that, I think you die earlyyou just have no hope about anything. Bob Mackie? Well you know, hes the perennial boy. Bobs response was, Well, if we stand her on her head, it will just be cleavage. Its something he actually said, and we put it in the show and it gets a roar every night. Crutcher: I think if you had asked me what kind of a person Bob Mackie would be before I met him, I would never have really guessed that he would be as funny as he is, and just asdown-to-earth is such an overused expression but I guess he kind of is. Hes very down-to-earth. I never kind of wondered what I would do, I just thought Id do that. Juliet, Tennessee, and in that episode I get to pull out some of my old Bob Mackie costumes and wear them. Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. chief curator frye art museum; consultar processo pelo cpf. And I said, Bob, youre going to have to take it in back there, because Im flat, and he said, No, no stick your behind into it. And I did and that gave me that look, where it looked like she had a big rear end and that funny walk; that gave me her character. and everyone turned into a child. [6] [7] He was raised in early childhood by his maternal grandparents in Alhambra, California because his parents divorced. I want to wear something really fun. I had done several outfits for her over the years, some of them were bare midriff and whatever. Thank you for signing up, fellow book lover! For nearly six decades, the iconic and incomparable Bob Mackie has been designing stunning, unforgettable clothing. All the things weve made for Cher over the years are all hand-embroidered, beaded, whatever. Mackie is unique. This is beautiful. Bob was a sketch artist and Ray needed a sketch artist, so Bob drew for Ray, and then eventually I think Bob said, Listen, Im doing 50 percent of this work, I would like to share some credit with you. And so they did. I knew everything[except] that he made those dresses. His is a singular vision without compromise, and his creations are almost operatic. I dont think camp is a bad term, I think camp is another way of saying they shocked people, and sometimes it made them laugh and sometimes it just left them in awe. Bob and Cher [were] creating an image for him as much as they were for her. Isnt it Diana Vreeland who said that? Give them what they dont know they want? Well [thats what he did]. Both Cher and Diana Ross brought their time-honored hits to the Strip at different resorts. For me it is like having met a guru. Turners combined album and single sales total approximately 100 million copies worldwide. Bob also did that with The Carol Burnett Show. . Dorothy Crutcher, patternmaker: Certainly Bob has very high standards for how the finished product needs to look. I chose [to wear Mackie [to the 2009 Met Gala] because to me it represented all the glory and pomp of a red carpet fashion moment at its best. On this same site in 1850, a large slaughterhouse and meat-packing facility was constructed to serve northwestern Kentucky and nearby Cincinnati, Ohio. I loved working with Carol because she really let me contribute to the ideas, and sometimes I would help her with a character. I believe Ray and Bob met at a Costume Designers Guild meeting out in Los Angeles. Theyd want me to do a dresssomething like Chersand Id just say, Youre not Cher. As a designer I tried to be part of the production, come up with ideas, and it worked, I must say; shes still doing itshes still wearing her warrior goddess outfits right and left. [on television], a lot of what they did in those sketches was campy and was played for the laugh, and the costumes fed into that. More information and tickets can be purchased here: http://www.tinaturnerheritagedays.com/schedule.html. Learn More and Plan Your Visit. All have been dressed by Bob Mackie. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments. We are happy to work with Ms. Graam and Tina to share her coveted fashions with the Tennessee State Museum.. . Mackie: From Edith Head I went over to John Louis and worked on a Marilyn Monroe [Mackie drew the actresss Happy Birthday, Mr. President dress], and I did their sketches for them. They had the costume designers name there. You have to kind of work [character] out visually, and if it helps the comedy in her case, its even better. Trying to make Robert happy, AJ uses her stolen money to rent out the mahogany suite for the night in a museum that is just a house holding the famous creations . I was thrilled when I had the chance to see the clothes he did for Elton [John, which were referenced in Micheles Spring 2018 Gucci collection.] In the late 70s, Dottie paid him $100,000 a year to develop her stage wardrobe. Today Bobby Mackey's Music World is a popular nightclub full of dancing and good times, but this cheerful setting holds a much more sinister past. (Later, I donated the dress, and it was auctioned to help buy solar panels for a hospital in Burundi, which is now entirely energy independent. I hope that as people walk through the school they see that I set an example for a home town girl that grew up in hard times that made a good life for herself and to follow by example.. . FEBRUARY 13, 2017. Where did she get that? So people are really still fascinated with Cher. What that means is when he shows me a sketch, hes already got ideas of how the piece is actually going to be constructed in three dimensions; he really understands and is interested in how [a piece] is going to go together, and he sees how that plays into making it look the way he wants it to look. JEAN LOUIS He thinks about how things are going to be made as hes sketching, so the function of it becomes part of the form. Jean Louis was Mr. Glamour. In April 2016, Bob was honored by the Chicago History Museum with the Designer of Excellence Award and was a Geoffrey Beene CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 2019. His freedom talking about his relationship with Ray Aghayan, for one thingnot that it ever was a secretbut I think that Bob is really proud of a beautiful life shared with someone. Its an extraordinary piece of fashion history. you know, with her tummy out and showing half of her whatever. (Later, I donated the dress, and it was auctioned to help buy solar panels for a hospital in Burundi, which is now entirely energy independent.). Well, because Bob was associated with televisionand the red carpet, of coursethe fashion industry looked at him as a Hollywood guy. I was doing quite a lot of variety television because it was the nearest thing to movie musicals at the time. Posted on 26 Feb in delores winans grandchildren. [On one project] we were getting down to the wire and I was getting really worried about finishing it, and I remember him saying to me, Theres always time to make it perfect. At the time it didnt really help, [but] I do think of that and I think, Yeah, you know what? They [have been some] indelible moments of [red carpet] craziness, really. May was no calmer, with new getups to make for Chers Here We Go Again tour, his inclusion in the Camp exhibition at the Met, and the announcement of a biographical documentary. Later, [when I was] nominated for a Tony for the very first time, in the mail I get a letter from him. I think if you had asked me what kind of a person Bob Mackie would be before I met him, I would never have really guessed that he would be as funny as he is, and just as. They cant start moving around in the wrong places, you know what I mean? It can be what you say, or what you wear, or how you wear it. You know one of my most joyous moments was when the CFDA wanted to give Bob an award and he didnt fit in any category that they had, so they created an award for him, its called the exuberance award, and it sums up everything Mackie, because hes an original. You cant think of Cher without thinking of Bob Mackie, and there are not all that many people that you can make those relationships with that count. He designed all the funny stuff, and all the beautiful stuff. Lets shock people. And there are times where I think she wanted to be more demure and Bob would convince her to be a little riskier, to take a little bit bigger of a swing at something. These interviews have been edited and condensed.At top: Cher, in Bob Mackie, with the designer in 1985 at a Diana Vreelandera Met Gala celebrating Costumes of Royal India., Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 5/25/18) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 5/25/18). . [3] [4] His father worked at Bank of America. Youd think hed be on a grand scale of a European designer, Oh, darling, I can only come here and I can only do this. The list goes on . Can Seventh Avenue . Im not sure exactly who talked Bob into doing Seventh Avenue. There were characters (usually on the gay side), and they had the best, the funniest lines. The curtain dress is so, so iconic, I think they should put it in a box of all the most famous things from the 20th century. She was working for Ice Capades and that wasnt her style at all; she was used to making clothes for Dietrich or Rita Hayworth (she did the famous, dress). Midler: Hes a genius, and genius goes in and out of fashion. Mackie was born March 24, 1939, in Monterey Park, California, to Charles Robert Mackie and Mildred Agnes ( ne Smith) Mackie. Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for more information about visiting the Museum. This last year it had been 50 years since. His unique, glamorous-sometimes. and they keep printing it every year. She doesnt look like all the blonde girls with the beehive hairdos and the flips that are out here now. anita pallenberg funeral pictures; coup de vent 5 lettres; distributive and redistributive policy; do giraffes die in holes; neokcs viewmodel settings; victoria secret hoodies; I grew up around people that made clothes for film in the old days when everything was made from scratch, even the little black dresses for the secretaries behind their desks. He is a totally supportive force field of positive energy who is a delight. Bob Mackie's client list reads like a who's-who of 20th-century legends. Were never satisfied until every inch is perfect. but I think that Bob is really proud of a beautiful life shared with someone. Where did she get that? So people are really still fascinated with Cher. [costume], thats in the Smithsonian. His is a singular vision without compromise, and his creations are almost operatic. Nobody else does it quite like him, where hell layer things and then add to them and then manipulate them in certain ways. . Mackie doesnt scare meyou know I can handle a little bit of extra fabric. Cher returned to Las Vegas to launched her extended engagement of . especially when clothes as clothes are as goofy as some of the ones Ive done like for Cher. SEVENTH AVENUE Bob [is]. There are some wonderful costume designers on Broadway and in the moviesbut Bob, on every one of my shows, did an average of 65 costumes a week. And then when I was about 10 or 11 years old, I went to see An American in Paris, and when the ballet came on, I just thought it was the most beautiful thing Id ever seen. There are a lot of young designers coming up that have been inspired by him and appreciate him. There are some wonderful costume designers on Broadway and in the movies. You can make the best designs in the world on a piece of paper, but if they arent made beautifully and they dont fit right, it just doesnt work. Bernadette Peters, actress: The Met Camp show is right up his alley. I hadnt seen Bob in about 15 years. I always just sort of pray in my life somebody will give me a nice 19th-century movie or a good 1930s Depression film [to do]. I wasnt that interested in fashion, I really wanted to be part of the entertainment industry, and thats kind of how it all started. one episode is a Bob Mackie episode. And he dressed everybody: the dancers, singers, the guest stars, us. Strimple: [Once after a dinner at his home,] Bob brought out glass ice buckets and in them were all kinds of Push Pops and Dreamsicles and drumsticksall the frozen things of our youthand everyone turned into a child. on Broadway) are inspiring new generations of starlets today. I suspect it was Ray Aghayan. Bob Mackie has got to be the busiest 80-year-old on the planet. Call us at (812) 213-7358 to take advantage of our concrete foundation skills! We didnt know what hippies were quite yet. Tim Conway wrote those characters, and originally he had Mrs. Wigginsshes the secretary the IQ fairy never visitedbeing this kind of doddering old lady. One of our rules and tenets of doing things, especially for people like Cher, is it can be camp, and it can be large flowers and wonderful things, but it Must. The State Museum values the relationship we have with Tina Turner Museum at the Flagg Grove School and with the West TennesseeDelta Heritage Center and looks forward to future collaborations., The jacket and skirt were created by world renowned fashion designer Rifat Ozbek, a twice-awarded Designer of the Year winner by the British Fashion Council. Bob Mackie poses in the press room during the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 09, 2019 in New York City. Hes obviously a brilliant designer, but hes not full of himself and overly dramatic in his regular day-to-day life. He has certainly dealt with his share of heartbreak and tragedy (and thats something I think he shares with Cher; they bonded on that as well), but he chooses joy, he chooses life, he chooses color. . Mackie: I ended up working the minute I got out of school. It was always work that saved him. Thats who she is. It was amazing. Somehow the way he looks at costuming enhances the joke of a comedy scene. September 19, 2017 Brownsville, TN The Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School and the Tennessee State Museum are proud to announce the generous gift of apparel from the internationally-acclaimed entertainer Tina Turner. Cher: Bob and I are both perfectionists when it comes to fit. I think thats how Bob looks at things, that if you just stand something on its head, its not so shocking anymore. He was really a pioneer of branding an American designer. Thats Bob: a beautiful meal and then . something like Chersand Id just say, Youre not Cher. As a designer I tried to be part of the production, come up with ideas, and it worked, I must say; shes still doing itshes still wearing her warrior goddess outfits right and left. Barnes: Back in the late 70s, I was an aspiring costume designer, and Bob Mackie was who we all aspired to be, or know, or have some connection to his magic. . Peters: Hes glamorous, maybe that kind of glamour [comes] with taking riskshe took a lot of risks. Give them what they dont know they want? They also super-costumed Las Vegass Hallelujah Hollywood (over 700 costumes). In fact, on the TV show that I just finished filming for Netflix, called. I am incredibly happy to have had the chance to meet him at the Met. Originally it was written that I would come down the stairs with the draperies just kind of hanging on me, and you know Bobs got this wicked, wonderful sense of humor, and he said, You know, thats not that funny. So he sketched up [something new] and he called the prop department and said, Send me over the curtain rod and material. When I went into the fitting that Wednesday, he said, I have an idea for the curtain dress. I walked into the room and there it was, and I fell on the floor, I was laughing so hard, and I said, This is going to go down in history as one of the greatest sight gags ever in the history of television. Ill find out what works and what doesnt.. Nobody else does it quite like him, where hell layer things and then add to them and then manipulate them in certain ways. I was just lucky; I mean I really never changed in what I. I can honestly say that he appreciates it when people appreciate what he does, but it has always been about the work. I went into the costume and Bob said, You know, weve been doing a lot of old ladies lately, lets make her different. So he turned her into this bimbo with the blond wig, and the push-up bra, and the real tight black skirt, and the high heels stilettos. I look at it this way: Bob had succeeded before he came to Seventh Avenue. His freedom talking about his relationship with Ray Aghayan, for one thing. Ray Aghayan was Mackies partner in work and life. That, to me, just tells you so much, because she was the consummate movie costumer, and, for him to have learned his craft from her and then put his own signature on it, thats pretty amazing. I think thats a hallmark of most of the things that Bob has made in his life; he still looks at fashion or costume, or culture really, through a childs wondrous eyes. Bob sees how you can put things together in a way that I think that a lot of other people dont see. This kid and I who are traveling cross-country, we stop at the fictional Bob Mackie Museum in Mt. When you realize how many costumes Bob did each week for. There are a lot of young designers coming up that have been inspired by him and appreciate him. Im not exactly sure why, but it was clear that Seventh Avenue didnt really embrace him and never made it easy for him. I got a job in Hollywood at Paramount Studios working for Edith Head. . Beautifully. I think I have a broad range, but if youre doing a certain kind of work all the time, people put you in that niche. I think some of the early 1930s films are the campiest things that ever happened, and they still are. The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center offers a refreshing Southern experience showcasing the history and culture of rural West Tennessee. So he designed the costumes for my first Las Vegas [revue]. Bob truly does believe that you have to have fun in this life. Hell be a boy until were reading his obituary, I mean he will be. You always associate his name with glamour, although his sense of humor and, of course, the comedy are beyond. boom! Well, Bob came up with that, [too]. His is a singular vision without compromise, and his creations are almost operatic. To stay updated on the musical, visit: www.tinathemusical.com. Mackie has a golden roster of clients, but its his work for Carol Burnett and Cher that is best known. He was just playing in a new sandbox. It goes hand in hand. Variations 1; Variations 2; Features. . Mackie: This last year it had been 50 years since The Carol Burnett Show came on the air. RuPaul, actor, drag superstar: [When I think of Bob Mackie I think of] beading and proportions and colors and vibrancy and . (Later, I donated the dress, and it was auctioned to help buy solar panels for a hospital in Burundi, which is now entirely energy independent. He seems more like a friend. You know youre on the Academy Awards. Oh, well, the people would like to see me that way., When Cher told Bob what she was wanting to wear and how extravagant she wanted it all, he kind of resisted and said, But youre presenting an award, youre going to take the attention away. As it turns out, Don Ameche said he never got more photographed and more publicity than he did when Cher wore that dress to present to him, which was kind of her way of saying Fuck you to the Academy because she wasnt nominated for, The picture of Cher giving the award to Don Ameche was in every newspaper across the country. People would die. March 24, 1939 (age 80 years) Is there a Bob Mackie museum in Tennessee? ; theyre all made in the year that I appeared. Ford: Bob Mackie is one of the most influential and inspiring of all American designers. The exhibit, which is free for all visitors, is located adjacent to the WTDHC at 121 Sunny Hill Cove, Brownsville, TN 38012. 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