Archive for the All About Irene Category
karlyn
September 12, 2009
I just posted the beautiful new sketch I received from Christian Esquevin. It is a costume sketch by my great-aunt, Hollywood Fashion Designer, Irene Lentz and Sketch-Artist Virgina Fisher, for the movie “Easter Parade” and was worn by one of the strolling women on the 5th Avenue “Easter Parade” scene. Click here to view!
karlyn
April 30, 2009
I’ve made the leap from adding a page about my great-aunt Irene Lentz, to creating a site for her. This will be her new home, and with the help of author friends and fans, will get this site filled with wonderful new content, photos to share and more. Visit us at http://www.irene-lentz.com/ I hope you [...]
karlyn
April 25, 2009
Irene Lentz (also known as Irene Gibbons), was a costume designer and my great-aunt. Her work as a successful clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her long career as a costume designer for many great films in Hollywood.. until her death in 1962. There is a lot more information about my great-aunt Irene on [...]
karlyn
March 4, 2009
Just came across a new article about my grand-aunt Irene and one of her designs for actress Claudette Colbert in the movie No Time for Love in 1943, posted by allsewnup.com. Irene is listed as the “Costume and Wardrobe Department” for this movie and I believe was working for MGM at this time. You can [...]
karlyn
April 14, 2007
I found out just yesterday that someone will be writing a book about my great-aunt irene. Irene Lentz was a famous Hollywood costume designer until the early 1960′s. She usually went by her first name alone – irene – and with a small “i”. She was married twice, once to F. Richard Jones, then to [...]
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