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Costume Design | Costume Supervisor
The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses. Found unfit for wartime duties due to fl...
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth: Mar 22, 1920
Date of Death: Nov 2, 1990
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