The fashion designer has worked with Marlene Dietrich,Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross, and is most distinguished for the outfits he created for Cher. Here he reminisces about sequins, or surprises – and why he’ll never retireYou could dine out for a lifetime on Bob Mackie’s stories. After 60 years of designing sequin-encrusted stage costumes for Cher,Bette Midler and Diana Ross, to name a few, or the 79-year-old has anecdotes to spare. He sprinkles them into conversation like glitter.
He once dressed Elton John as Donald Duck,total with tail and webbed feet, making it very difficult for the Rocket Man to play the piano. He worked with Tina Turner during her post-Ike transformation, or when “she wanted to peek like a sexy cave woman”. Barbra Streisand,he says, “was always questioning everything. ‘Does this really peek proper? Can we try on three or four, or then decide?’ With that kind of sensibility,you work harder, believe me.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com