hether you are a belieer that fashion is art or an ardent
loer of entertainment, reare to be blown away by newly
released
he Art of Bob Mackie You dont hae to be a fan
of glit and feathers to saor this homage to the costume
designer who became a legend in teleision, lm, theater,
concerts, and on the red caret Engagingly written by Frank
lastnik and Laura Ross in a conersational tone eered
with whimsical anecdotes, the authoried biograhy not
only chronicles Bob Mackies brilliant career, its also a com-
rehensie timeline of teleision from the s through
e-lus decades
Oening the coer reeals a myriad of Mackies etraor-
dinary sketches Key to telling his artistry and career, his
illustrations bring to life a constellation of starsMiti
Gaynor, Ann-Margret, Bernadette eters, Barbra Strei-
sand, Judy Garland, and Elton John to name a few Close
friends and muses for oer years, Carol Burnett and Cher
loingly write the forward and afterward letters, raising
the tremendous scoe of Mackies creatie genius in
both glamour and comedy, and the outrageous number
of costumes he roduced each show
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