On Sunday (September 22) the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will take over Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre, and a who’s who of top-name celebrities will compete for media attention by getting all gussied up in designer duds. In fact, over the past six decades Tinseltown favorites have set the fashion pace with their red carpet choices, and it all got started way back in January 1949.
Hosted by NBC radio legend Walter O’Keefe, the 1st Annual Emmy Awards (the ‘Primetime’ didn’t get added until the Daytime Emmys debuted in 1974) was minuscule compared to today’s fanfare. The Hollywood Athletic Club played host to stars like Shirley Dinsdale, Rita LeRoy, Patricia Morrison, Mike Stokey, and Bill Welsh.
And given the shortage of European-designed clothing due to the recent ending of World War II, American designers Gilbert Adrian, Claire McCardell, Bonnie Cashin, and Tom Brigance had all taken a step forward...
Hosted by NBC radio legend Walter O’Keefe, the 1st Annual Emmy Awards (the ‘Primetime’ didn’t get added until the Daytime Emmys debuted in 1974) was minuscule compared to today’s fanfare. The Hollywood Athletic Club played host to stars like Shirley Dinsdale, Rita LeRoy, Patricia Morrison, Mike Stokey, and Bill Welsh.
And given the shortage of European-designed clothing due to the recent ending of World War II, American designers Gilbert Adrian, Claire McCardell, Bonnie Cashin, and Tom Brigance had all taken a step forward...
- 9/20/2013
- GossipCenter
Designers Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock of Vena Cava at Full Frontal Fashion's "Catwalk Countdown" launch party. Photograph by Sara Jaye Weiss. Despite some major competition—a Chanel dinner and an opulent Hermes store opening—the Sundance Channel managed to pull off one of the earliest successes of this season’s New York Fashion Week with last night’s Full Frontal Fashion party. Held at the so-new-it’s-not-even-named space adjacent to the Boom Boom Room at the Standard Hotel, the event marked the launch of Fff’s new webisode series, “Catwalk Countdown,” which follows a handful of New York designers as they prepare for the season. Whether it was curiosity about the space—a swimming pool in a bar/lounge?—or a wicked case of cabin studio fever, most of the featured designers sacrificed some of their precious last-minute prep time to make an appearance. Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai,...
- 2/10/2010
- Vanity Fair
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