L'Tanya, fashion designer, 1940s
Item Overview
- Title
- L'Tanya, fashion designer, 1940s
- Photographer
- Reed, John E.
- Date Created
- [1940s?]
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
- LaTanya Griffin (or "L'Tanya," or "L'Tanya Martinique") was a society woman, a model and a fashion designer. In her early twenties, she was awarded a contract by the Guild Studios to design gowns for Ida Lapino. She was contracted to with the Edward D. Wood Production company to design gowns for 20 of its films in 1954, making her the first African American designer to have a contract with a Hollywood film studio. She and Earl Griffin divorced in 1949.
- Description
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LaTanya (L'Tanya) Griffin inscribed this photo to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.: "To the 'Great One': It is my pleasure knowing you. -- L'Tanya Griffin. At the bottom of the photo, Walter L. Gordon, Jr. has inscribed the photo as "Red Griffin's Pygmalion" (Red Griffin was LaTanya's husband).
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
- Griffin, L'Tanya, 1919-1996
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- People
- African American fashion designers--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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Collection 1867 Box 6 Folder 2
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0696
696 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025psx6
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted