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Welcome to Trust, the history of fashion.

A podcast where we explore the who-what-win of why we wear.

We are fashion historians and your hosts, Cassidy Zachary, and April Callahan.

Dress listeners, welcome back to part two of our two-part episode on the life and work of Gilbert Adrian.

Part one, we examined his early years as a ravenously curious student.

How he managed to become a highly sought after costume designer for stage and screen at the tender age of 19, Cass.

We also discussed his reign as the head costume designer of MGM from the years 1928 to 1941.

And there he was responsible for creating some of the Oat Hollywood glamour for the biggest stars of the day, including Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and so, so, so many more.

And during his tenure at MGM, Adrian designed the costumes of some 220 films, including many, which are deemed classics of Hollywood's Golden Age.

And of course that includes the original 1939 version of the Wizard of Oz.

I mean, this might not conjure the word fashion, per se, and glamour when you think of it, but certainly it is a Hollywood classic with iconic costume design.

And in part one of the series, we ended our discussion with a bit of fascinating history behind, you know, those iconic Ruby slippers that were created for the main character of Dorothy, and how the childhood nostalgia associated with them have really led them to their multi-million dollar valuation.

A permanent home in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and also one very curious museum heist.

So tuning to part one, if you haven't already for more on that, it's so fascinating.

Yeah, I mean, Cass Gilbert, Adrian, who professionally simply went by Adrian, was one of the main figures behind the scenes who created that look that we now associate with classic Hollywood glamour of the 1930s.

He was a celebrity in his own right, and his designs were credited on screen as early as 1929, and the movie studios widely promoted his involvement in soon to be released films.

They knew very well that his quote gowns by Adrian Creditline drew fashion levers to the box office in dreams.

We still do, let's be honest.

And not only were his designs integral and selling tickets to the films he cost him the April, as we discussed last week, his on screen creations were highly influential on fashion trends of the era.

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