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Karlyn

There is a lot more information about my great-aunt Irene on the wide world web these days, which is delightful to see, though occasionally misguided.

I have gotten know several members of my extended family through articles about Irene, as well as friends, authors and fans (some of whom have posted here before) who have an interest in Irene and her work. Through the sharing of information and years of devoted research (by authors) on Irene, I hope to bring to you the most factual information available, links to sites where Irene’s fashion is featured, as well as possibly some photos you may not have seen before. I have several items myself I need to get together and scan, but welcome others to share as well.

Aside from being my great aunt (My mother’s aunt), she designed for some of the most famous movies of the classic Hollywood era and received two Academy Award Nominations. Some of my personal favorites are her designs for Ginger Rogers in Shall we Dance, Lana Turner in The Postman always rings twice (See Photo to the left), Judy Garland and others in Meet me in St. Louis and Doris Day in Midnight Lace. Other celebrities she dressed were Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Dunne, Dolores del Rio, Ingrid Bergman, Ann Miller, Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, & Ava Gardner. Some of her elegant fashions can be seen here. Irene designed my mother’s wedding dress too. I almost wore it at my own wedding, but couldn’t quite get the zipper all the way up in the back no matter how much I dieted to get it there. It just wasn’t tailored for my bod.


I wrote a few weeks ago about irene. It was an article titled “My family on Wikipedia“. Just since then, I’ve seen even more documents pop up online about her. I remember years and years ago, when I first googled Irene, there wasn’t much at all in the way of articles or images. Now they are simply all over. Here is another article at Time Magazine I found just today.

I’m interested to find out more about this upcoming book about irene. I’ll let you know. :)

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Irene is also featured at the Oscars site as she designed for many top movies of her day. Her husband, Elliot Gibbons was a writer. Elliot’s brother, Cedric Gibbons, was the creator of the “Oscar” statuette and MGM set designer. They can be found on wikipedia also.