Bob Mackie

Robert Gordon Mackiewas born on March 24, 1940 in Monterey Park, California. He is an American fashion designer whose creations have always been flamboyant. Bob Mackie has been well known in his fashion fraternity for designing costumes for a lot of Hollywood celebrities. They include -

• Cher
• Diana Ross
• Tina Turner
• Mitzi Gaynor

Robert happened to be the costume designer for ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ for a long tenure of 11 years. He has also been gaining fame for his unique dress designs for high-priced Barbie dolls.

The best creations of Bob Mackiehave been remembered best for their humorous element. They are -

• In The Carol Burnett Show, he designed a ‘curtain dress’ (complete with a curtain rod across the shoulders) that Carol Burnett wore in the Went with the Wind parody.
• The outfit that Cher wore at the March 1986 Academy Awards included a black stretch pants, a bejeweled loincloth, knee high boots, a black chainlink top, and a huge feathered Mohawk headdress (one and a half times taller than her head).

Bob Mackie has been called the ‘Sultan of sequins’, or the ‘rajah of rhinestones’ – as all his designs were well-known for his sparkling and creative. Nine Emmy Awards was in his baggage and he had also been nominated thrice for the Academy Award.

Celebrities who wore Bob Mackie’soutfits are -

1. Cher
2. Carol Burnett
3. Mitzi Gaynor
4. Tina Turner
5. Diana Ross
6. Liza Minnelli
7. Toni Tennille
8. Ann-Margret
9. Bernadette Peters
10. Dottie West
11. Raquel Welch
12. Sylvie Vartan
13. Joan Collins
14. Diahann Carroll
15. Doris Duke
16. Judy Garland
17. Lucille Ball
18. Lynda Carter
19. The Jackson 5
20. Jada Pinkett Smith (at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards)
21. Barbra Streisand (in the film Funny Lady)
22. Madonna (at the 1991 Academy Awards)
23. Goldie Hawn
24. Marie Osmond
25. Eva Longoria Parker (at the 2006 Golden Globes)
26. Charo
27. Elton John
28. Marlene Dietrich
29. Oprah Winfrey (at the 1986 Academy Awards)
30. Bette Midler
31. Sally Field (in film Smokey and the Bandit II)
32. Chita Rivera
33. RuPaul
34. Pia Zadora
35. Whoopi Goldberg (at the 1999 Academy Awards)
36. Sharon Stone (in the film Casino)
37. Brooke Shields (in the film Brenda Starr)
38. Anjelica Huston (on a cover of Vanity Fair)
39. Pink (for her Funhouse Tour)
40. Katy Perry (in her video for “Waking Up in Vegas”)

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