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Title
Mr. Blackwell fashion show
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Martin, Bob
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1964
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Title supplied by cataloger.
Mr. Blackwell was born Richard Sylvan Selzer in Brooklyn, New York, on August 29, 1922. He was a fashion designer, fashion critic, journalist and radio and television personality. He became best known for his "Best and Worst Dressed" lists, issued annually from 1960 to 2007, and for his Academy Awards fashion reviews. Blackwell worked and lived with his partner Robert Spencer for more than 60 years. He died on October 19, 2008.
Photograph caption dated October 15, 1964 reads "Mr. Blackwell shows his 'polite look.'" The article partially reads "Mr. Blackwell, the California couturier who never bores an audience, either with his clothes or his conversation, managed to come up with new fashion show stoppers when he opened his elegant Windsor Square home to press and buyers." Windsor Square is in the Hancock Park/Greater Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles.; See images #001121804 through #001121811 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121804
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d026_f4_i26
CARL0005388882
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/53317
Subject
Blackwell,--Mr
Blackwell,--Mr.--Homes and haunts
Fashion designers--California--Los Angeles
Models (Persons)--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles
Women's clothing--California--Los Angeles
Women's hats--California--Los Angeles
Fireplaces--California--Los Angeles
Sconces--California--Los Angeles
Paintings
Microphones
Dwellings--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles)
Interiors--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles)
Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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