Fashion designer Bob Mackie dies aged 87

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American costume designer Bob Mackie, known for dressing showbiz celebrities including Cher, has died aged 87.

Bob Mackie, an American fashion designer and costumier renowned for dressing glamorous showbiz celebrities—especially Cher—has died aged 87. He was known for his distinctive visual style that combined costume design with striking visual impact, creating memorable looks for stage, television and concert performances.

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• Bob Mackie obituaryAmerican fashion designer and costumier who clothed glamorous showbiz celebrities, especially Cher Most costume designers are novelists, supplying character, back stories, social placement and history, done in cloth. Bob Mackie was also a genius cartoonist, assembling details into an image, memorable on sight, that could hold anything from a small 1960s television screen to a concert arena. Mackie, who has died aged 87, was master of the showbiz sartorial aesthetic that evolved on stage and in films to entertain in itself as well as project performers. Continue reading...The Guardian · 24 Sept, 17:52
• Bob Mackie dressed stars—if they were brave enough“The Rajah of Rhinestones” died on September 14th, aged 87The Economist · 24 Sept, 14:22

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