CDG - The Costume Designer

48 THE COSTUME DESIGNER | FALL 2021 and impressed by glamour, and he could create it. Conversation with Anthony would start at lunch and fi nishwell, never. His stories were legendary, and as you would ex- pect, beautifully embroidered. His memory was airtight. He laughed hard with his eyes closed. An excellent correspondent, he had a passion for the fax machine and kept it churning. Anthony cherished Joanna Johnston and adored Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, and Barba- ra Matera, whom he missed terribly. He was the fi re that warmed everyone in the room. With apologies to those who never met him, the stars shine less brightly now. I was ten in 1962 when I saw The School for Scandal at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in Lon- don, starring Sir Ralph Richardson, Margaret Rutherford, and Anna Massey, with sets and costumes designed by Anthony Powell. That night, I fell in love with him. With Anthony, I was always at home. He knew more than almost anybody, about Paris, about food, art, wine, jewelry, architecture, theater, design, society gossip, and he collected ev- erything. Costume was just one of his en- cyclopedic interests. Of course, he was a master of fabric, style, color, and silhouette his strength was every period but like Piero Tosi Anthony was never a slave to history. History could always be improved. His taste was pitch-perfect, although he was drawn to the comic, the vulgar, and the unique. He understood the subtext, was private, deep- ly sensitive, intelligent, and sophisticated. He missed nothing. But he could be dazzled and impressed by glamour, and he could create it. Conversation with Anthony would start at lunch and fi nishwell, never. His stories were legendary, and as you would ex- pect, beautifully embroidered. His memory was airtight. He laughed hard with his eyes closed. An excellent correspondent, he had a passion for the fax machine and kept it churning. Anthony cherished Joanna Johnston and adored Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, and Barba- ra Matera, whom he missed terribly. He was the fi re that warmed everyone in the room. With apologies to those who never met him, the stars shine less brightly now. By Dr. Deborah adoolman Landis Costume Designer, Director, CLA David C. Copley Center for Costume Design Anthony Powe: une Apri Hook Illustration by Anthony Powell courtesy of CLA David C. Copley Center Pho t o: G e tty I m ages Maggie Smith in Travels with My Aunt

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