More of this story Aug 2, 2008
" But there are pretty clothes too. At the entrance to the exhibit, before visitors pass through the entryway painted in bright stripes to resemble the television color test, is a Bob Mackie gown designed for Anjelica Huston, the regular host of the Costume Designers Guild Awards. Mackie's burgundy gown with dramatic split sleeves sparkling with beads was commissioned by the CDG, Rose said, and will be donated to Clothes Off Our Backs, a charity auction website started by actors Jane Kaczmarek... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Cher and her sequins settle in at Caesars Place May 8, 2008
The production felt like a Cher-scored Bob Mackie fashion show, with Cher disappearing repeatedly for minutes at a time to change into yet another outlandish get-up of sequins, rhinestones and bizarre headpieces that also showed plenty of skin ... Cher, seen here during one of her 2003 farewell shows, has packed up her Bob Mackie costumes and moved to Vegas for a three-year run at Caesars Palace. (USA Today -- Life)
Spirit of the beehive May 2, 2008
Winehouse uses the retro image to position herself in a roll call of female singing icons dating back to Ross and beyond, and distance herself from the world of contemporary throwaway pop. But no amount of hairspray can disguise how much the pop world has changed in four and a half decades: while the Story of the Supremes tells an old-fashioned tale, from the first album cover with its Woolworths pearls to the days of Bob Mackie gowns, the Amy show has been all about downfall, not rise. If the... (Guardian Unlimited)
How would you like Oprah's clothes? Apr 18, 2008
Cher, for one, amply fulfilled the former requisite, with her giant travelling cases of sequinned Bob Mackie dresses, most of them with the requisite belly-button peepholes. Whitney Houston also ticked this one off, wisely opting to flog her old Mackie, Versace and Armani costumes when the financial going got a little tough, instead of trying to sell the sweatpants and outsized T-shirts she had been more recently photographed wearing around the LA area. (Guardian Unlimited)
You got him, babe Apr 9, 2008
When the credits rolled and he saw that Bob Mackie had designed clothes for Cher, that's when he realized designing was an actual job. CONTINUED 1. (AL.com)
This Day in History Mar 24, 2008
Birthdays Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 68. Comedian Louie Anderson is 55. (Montana Standard, MT)
Costume Designers Guild Awards: Katie Holmes, Christian Bale, Geena Davis and Others Make the Clothes Call Feb 26, 2008
Anjelica Huston hosted, wearing a deep crimson gown designed for her by Bob Mackie especially for the occasion. "It's going on tour after tonight, and then it'll be sold through Clothesoffourback for charity," said the Oscar winning actress, who won't attend the Academy Awards this Sunday. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
On a Glam Odyssey Feb 25, 2008
Fashions by designers from all over the world, including Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, Bob Mackie, Givenchy and Dolce na, were showcased at the show. The first part of the show took a look back at 50 years of fashion, including dresses from the 50s, 60s-inspired hippie looks, pantsuits from the 70s, sequin dresses from the 80s and 90s-inspired tailored suits. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Cher Hunkering Down For Vegas Concerts Feb 8, 2008
Choreographed by Doriana Sanchez, with lighting, special effects and costume design by fashion icon Bob Mackie, the new show will feature 18 dancers and aerialists. Cher joins a list of high profile headliners at Caesars Palace, including Elton John, Jerry Seinfeld and Bette Midler, who will launch her two-year stint at the Las Vegas theatre on Feb. 20. (Billboard.com)
Haute haute haute! Ebony Fashion Fair celebrates 50 years Jan 30, 2008
30-day news archives. "The local chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority helpsto coordinate the Melbourne show."With this being the 50th year, they are recapping the last 50 years in terms of how the fashion world has changed and how some fashions have been reinvented," says Clara Davis, publicity chair for the Ebony Fashion Show and AKA sorority member. "It'll be like a tour through the last 50 years (in fashion). (Florida Today)
Mackie's designs set refined tone at High Point Oct 20, 2007
High Point, N.C. Some of fashion designer Bob Mackie's youngest fans don't even know he designed exotic gowns for Cher and Ann-Margret nevermind furniture ... A 60-inch round dining table is the centerpiece of the new Bob Mackie Home collection ... There's perhaps a bit more retro than he'd admit, but the new Bob Mackie Home collection will complement lots of other styles. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Feathers but not rhinestones for his glam furnishings Oct 4, 2007
One of the surprise celebrity furniture designer success stories to emerge from the market is Bob Mackie. Yes, the same Bob Mackie who designed Cher's most outrageous ensembles. (Boston Globe)
An art house revival May 4, 2007
Tourje joined forces with Robert Perrine, a former student and historian of the school, to create the nonprofit Chouinard Foundation and revive interest in the institution and its illustrious graduates, who include costume and fashion designers Edith Head and Bob Mackie, Echo Park ceramist Peter Shire, surf and rock graphic artist John Van Hamersveld, Warner Bros. cartoonist Chuck Jones and a host of Disney's original crew of animators. (Los Angeles Times)
Kate and Leo reuniting on-screen Mar 25, 2007
Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 67. TV personality Star Jones Reynolds is 45. (Indianapolis Star)
History of Oscar style Feb 23, 2007
Cher is one of the most original Oscar red-carpet sweepstakes winners, Talley said, calling her sheer, beaded Bob Mackie dress bold but brilliant. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
GETTING YOU THE GOWN N' DIRTY Feb 22, 2007
Cher responded to it (and to the fact she was dissed twice by the Academy) by wearing the black feather Mohawk get-up by Bob Mackie as a presenter. Armani pioneered the modern red-carpet system, opening a glamour emporium on Rodeo Drive in 1988 and starting a special-occasion loaning service. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Stars zip, rip and vie to wow for Oscar fashion Feb 20, 2007
Cher, who has gone down in history for pushing the Oscar fashion envelope furthest, is now celebrated for wearing revealing Bob Mackie creations that were once reviled for being over the top. But fashion watchers say actresses must never appear to pooh-pooh the momentousness of Oscar night. (ABC Online)
Oscar fashion: The story behind "Who are you wearing?" Feb 20, 2007
One dress that is hard to expunge from memory is the black strappy costume complete with feather headdress that Bob Mackie designed for Cher in 1986. If you want to know what her Oscars date, Joshua Donen, was wearing, you will not find it mentioned in the fashion press. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
When the stars come out, it's the frocks that count Feb 16, 2007
Her 1986 Bob Mackie mowhawk headdress and beaded pantsuit was dubbed a fashion nightmare but proved an ingenious publicity bonanza. "I think Cher and Bob Mackie were the first to show the true power of fashion on the red carpet," Cosgrave says. (The Australian)
Duo receive lifetime achivement prizes Feb 14, 2007
Set and costume designer Santo Loquasto and fashion designer Bob Mackie will receive the lifetime achievement kudos of the 2007 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards, the annual honors presented though the TDF Costume Collection. Washington, D.C., legiter Murell Horton will take home the young master award, with "Sesame Street" puppet builder Kermit Love getting the artisan award and Russian director and designer Rouben Ter-Arutunian receiving the posthumous award. (Variety)
Star couture: Great Oscar night gowns Feb 5, 2007
Cher, no surprise, had the infamous black not-much-there Bob Mackie getup she brashly sported when she won for Moonstruck in 1988. The fireworks of all Oscar dresses, said Vogue editor at large Andre Leon Talley, the fashion show host. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Oscars have history of style Feb 3, 2007
Cher is "one of the most original Oscar red-carpet sweepstakes winners," Talley said, calling her sheer, beaded Bob Mackie dress "bold but brilliant.". "Cher chic does not get any better than this," he said. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Past Oscar dresses celebrated at fashion show Jan 31, 2007
Modern classicsCher is one of the most original Oscar red-carpet sweepstakes winners, Talley said, calling her sheer, beaded Bob Mackie dress bold but brilliant. . (MSNBC -- News)
Living the dream Jan 14, 2007
From club dates, the group moved to television, on programs such as Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show, their costumes designed by Michael Travis, a former apprentice of Bob Mackie. The array of colours and the beading in those days were spectacular, Wilson recalls. (The Age)
