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Studio City, California, U.S. Occupation. Costume designer. Louis Torakis (April 13, 1928 [1] - May 1, 2014) was an American costume designer. He was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Costumes for his work on the television program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. [2]
- Costume designer
- May 1, 2014 (aged 86), Studio City, California, U.S.
- Louis Torakis, April 13, 1928, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
May 4, 2014 · Michael Travis, the costume designer who created the outlandish and flamboyant outfits for Liberace ‘s stage extravaganzas, died Thursday at his home in Studio City. He was 86. Travis...
May 4, 2014 · May 4, 2014 9:57am PT. Liberace’s Costume Designer Michael Travis Dies at 86. By Alex Stedman. Frederick M. Brown/Getty. Michael Travis, best known for designing Liberace ‘s famously...
May 4, 2014 · Michael Travis, best known for designing Liberace’s famously extravagant costumes, died Thursday in his Studio City home. He was 86. He had been hospitalized last month due to serious...
By David Colker. May 3, 2014 8:25 PM PT. Costume designer Michael Travis, who created famously over-the-top outfits for Liberace’s stage extravaganzas, died Thursday at his home in Studio...
May 2, 2014 · He was 86. The designer of many of the best-known and most extravagant of Liberace’s stage costumes, the genius of Michael Travis became only more recognized with time and is featured in many studies of his craft, including the book “Liberace Extravaganza”.
Costume designer Michael Travis was born Louis Torakis to a Detroit Greek-American family in 1928. While serving in the postwar United States Army he was stationed in Paris. Upon his discharge in1949 he remained in the city to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne on the GI Bill.
