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Adrian. Costume Designer. Costume and Wardrobe Department. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Adrian Adolph Greenburg, born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, March 3, 1903, to Gilbert and Helena (Pollack) Greenburg.
Apr 1, 2017 · Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959) built his career as a costume designer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he worked on more than 250 films, including The Wizard of Oz. His creations for glamorous actresses such as Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn inspired women of all ages.
Adrian is known as the man who designed the most famous shoes on the planet, but he also deserves credit for padding the shoulders of virtually every American woman during the 1940s. A costume designer from Naugatuck, Conn., he worked with some of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s golden era.
House of fashion. Adrian, the forward thinker. The Atelier. Brand history. Founder & Designer. The Atelier. Contact. Hollywood years. The beginnings at MGM. A Star rises. Born in Connecticut in 1903, Gilbert Adrian was exposed to the fine arts of fashion from a young age by his parents who ran a successful millinery business.
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Jun 5, 2002 · Adrian stayed with MGM, and quickly became their top costume designer working with the best of MGM actresses in over 200 films. Adrian was responsible for creating and refining the images of actresses such as Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow and his favorite, Greta Garbo.
This exhibition, on view May 14 through August 18, 2002, highlights the career of American couturier Gilbert Adrian—famed both for the extraordinary engineering of his fashion designs and as a Hollywood designer of great renown.
Mar 3, 2017 · NEW YORK — With more than 250 MGM films to his name and a roster of Hollywood stars including Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn, the costume designer Adrian is getting a close-up at the...
