Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a fur garment fashioned from white caracul. The top has a close-fitting vest effect with a graceful cape. The hat is made of frosted crepe wool.
Max Rée (1889–1953) was a Danish costume designer who designed for films from 1926 to 1935 and was the supervising director for sets and costumes at RKO from 1929 through 1932. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film Cimarron. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Los Angeles, California.
Peggy Hamilton standing on the wheel of an airplane and modeling an aviation costume created especially for her by Greer with a matching jacket, pants, cap and gloves and worn with goggles and knee-high boots.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a fur wrap of Russian ermine with a sable border from Beckman's Exclusive Fur Shop on West Seventh Street in Los Angeles. The cape is lined in hand-painted satin trimmed with ermine tails and is worn over an evening gown of sheer fabric patterned with leaves and flowers. Hamilton also wears a dark, long-haired wig coiled into a figure-8 low in the back of the neck.
Three of the 7 garments represented in the February 5, 1929 photo session are documented as being by Adrian; the remaining 4 appear to be Adrian designs as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a knee-length wrap wool coat with a band collar in spotted fur. She wears a felt hat, a leather glove with stitched and punched decoration, and holds a small clutch purse made from ostrich leather. She is standing at the doorway of a house with the address 827 and a dog is seated on a table next to her.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
According to Hamilton's "Fashions" feature in the Los Angeles Times, October 18, 1931, pg. H3, Jean Lucas, president of the millinery business Hortense Inc., visited Los Angeles, in September 1931, to announce the opening his Los Angeles millinery salons.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a cape of her own design of cream corded henrietta cloth bordered with marten fur, created for Beckman's Fur Shop on West Seventh Street in Los Angeles.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a dark gown with a chiffon (probably) under-blouse with a ruffle down the front and at the ends of the sleeves, and a beret-style hat with a pom-pom on top. The gown is by Adrian of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a wedding dress and veil, flanked by a maid of honor on the right, actress Priscilla Dean, and a bridesmaid on the left, actress June Marlowe at the Cocoanut Grove night club, at the Ambassador Hotel. The bouquets and backdrop flower arrangements are by Kathleen Clifford.
Peggy Hamilton wearing a Spanish costume as official "Queen of Fiesta," at the First Californians pageant and fiesta. Hamilton's costume is a Spanish style gown in tulle shaded from pale yellow to red, a finely beaded bodice and roses at the waist and hand-made mantilla over 150 years old worn over a high comb and covering her head and shoulders.
Peggy Hamilton is wearing an Olympics theme gown with illustrations of the Olympic events (boxing ?, diving or swimming, sailing and cycling) within linked rings on the skirt, a tri-colored ribbon (probably red, white and blue) like that used for Olympic medals crossing the bodice, and the flags of different participating countries on her silk wrap. Hamilton is photographed with California Governot James Rolph, wearing several medals on his tuxedo jacket, at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles when Hamilton was the official hostess for Los Angeles at the Fiesta of the Olympic Contestants.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a creation by Earl Luck of Warner Bros. with a close-fitting coat of black velvet with collar fashioned of silver fox skin. The dinner gown of blue sequins has a tiny cap to match.
A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton modeling this cape appears her Los Angeles Times feature "EARLY SPRING FROM LOCAL SHOPS" on January 11, 1931, pg. H3.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a fur wrap of Russian ermine with a sable border from Beckman's Exclusive Fur Shop on West Seventh Street in Los Angeles. The cape is lined in hand-painted satin trimmed with ermine tails and is worn over an evening gown. Hamilton also wears a dark, long-haired wig coiled into a figure-8 low in the back of the neck.
Peggy Hamilton standing next to a table modeling an evening gown with wide fur sleeves and matching fur neck wrap, and with a narrow sequin or beaded sash that wraps around the neck and extends down the front of the gown.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a short dark dress. The back and front of the bodice have triangular pieces of sheer net fabric embellished with metallic embroidery.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a fur garment fashioned from white caracul. The top has a close-fitting vest effect with a graceful cape. The hat is made of frosted crepe wool.
Adrian (Adolph Greenberg), an American costume designer during the 1930s and 1940s, designed costumes for over 250 films. In the 1940's he became a fashion designer as well.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a baku hat with a red and black crepe band around the crown from the Salon of Hortense, Inc. located at 9440 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Baku is a fine millinery straw made from rice fiber.
Photographs taken at the same session appear in: "First Californians" in "Gay Scenes" Los Angeles Times, June 21, 1931, pg. A6; and in Peggy Hamilton’s Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," December 14, 1930, pg. H3
Peggy Hamilton modeling jewelry, including earrings with very a large drop pearl, a necklace with a cluster of metallic flowers on a dark fabric cord, and a bracelet with pearls and gemstones in floral filigree settings
Half-length image of Peggy Hamilton modeling a small military style hat with a light colored feather, and a full length dress with dolman sleeves, a self-fabric tie at the waist and long, decorative fur epaulettes
Bust-length double portrait of actress June Marlowe, wearing a dark dress with a lace collar, and Peggy Hamilton, wearing a light silk dress and matching silk headband.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a dark colored small, close-fitting felt (?) hat with wide net brim, and trimmed with a catalin bakelite ornament in the form of 3 berries on 3 leaves. Hamilton wears a dark colored dress with a low neck and a sheer fabric composing gathered short sleeves and jewel neck overlay
Peggy Hamilton modeling a small, dark colored, close-fitting net hat with a net veil. She is wearing a light colored, sleeveless dress with a dark colored, circular chiffon (?) collar.
The images with original "A- " negative numbers in this collection date to 1931 and may have been taken at the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank. This image has the same backdrop as the images of an Earl Luck gown and coat (ark no. 21198/zz002bzjbp, for example).
Peggy Hamilton modeling a dinner dress or cafe frock of black satin with red, yellow and white floral design with a wide-brimmed hat and beaded necklace. This outfit was available from Jean Swartz’s Fashion Salon on Vine Street, corner of Yucca, one block North of Hollywood Boulevard.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a white chiffon gown, with black hand-appliqued lace and white gloves. She is holding a wide-brimmed black hat. The dress was available at Jean Swartz Fashion Salon, on Vine Street, corner of Yucca, one block north of Hollywood Boulevard.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a fitted dress with horizontal pin tucks on the bodice, a self-fabric belt, 2 stitched pleats on the skirt, and a fabric corsage at the neckline. The dress is worn with a white under-blouse in a sheer fabric with dropped shoulders and elbow-length gathered sleeves. She also wears a felt hat with a ribbon band tied in a bow and gloves with diminutive embroidered pompoms on the cuffs.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a dress and jacket suit in a floral patterned silk with fur trim on the jacket cuffs and hem, probably designed by Beckman Furs (located on Seventh Street in Los Angeles). Hamilton wears a cloche, pearl necklace and earrings.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a sleeveless evening gown of light colored silk with ostrich feather trim on the bodice. She is holding an embroidered clutch evening bag and a small hand mirror.