Holiday Magic, Memories, Glamour & Fashion History From the Late Great Designer Nolan Miller We Can Still Enjoy Today by Greg Schreiner
Holiday Magic, Memories, Glamour & Fashion History From the Late Great Designer Nolan Miller We Can Still Enjoy Today
by Greg Schreiner
The Christmas Holiday season is associated so much with the color red and green and costume designer Nolan Miller of DYNASTY fame created these two amazing gowns in red and green for Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Miller for the Academy Awards.
Ms Stanwyck was given an honorary Academy Award in 1982 and needed something to wear to wow the audiences .
Mr. Miller designed this spectacular ensemble of a red totally beaded gown with a matching red silk floor length coat with a sable collar. Ms. Stanwyck certainly made an impressive entrance in this outfit and was given the award by John Travolta.
Four years later, in 1986, Miss Miller was honored at the Academy Awards and this time Mr. Miller created a solid beaded green gown with a star fish shoulder piece and attached matching ostrich boa sprinkled with sparkles. Nolan was a master of design and these two gowns are a testament to his genius of making the most glamorous gowns in the world for Hollywood's greatest stars. And unknowingly, he celebrated the Christmas season with these festive green and red beaded ornaments.
Please visit Hollywood Revisited - A Tribute in Costume and Song
I own a huge collection of over 500 movie costumes worn by the great stars of the golden age Hollywood and have been asked to feature something special befitting the month of September. I also utilize my costumes in a show, Hollywood Revisited (www.hollywoodrevisited.com).
Greg Schreiner is the pianist, narrator and producer of Hollywood Revisited. He has appeared on numerous television programs including AMC's Hollywood Fashion Machine, A&E's The Incurable Collector, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and The Montel Williams Show. All have featured various movie costumes from his vast personal collection. Some of these costumes are on display at the new Hollywood Museum in Hollywood, California. Mr. Schreiner serves on the piano faculty at Cerritos College and Santa Monica College, has several recordings in release and was composer/performer for the educational television series Masters of the Silent Screen. Greg also is an active participant in the music community of Southern California as the accompanist for the Mansfield Chamber Singers of Beverly Hills. He is also the president of Marilyn Remembered, a club devoted to preserving the memory of Marilyn Monroe. Greg Schreiner is truly a renaissance man!