Irene
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Irene Maud Lentz (December 8, 1901 – November 15, 1962) also known mononymously and professionally as Irene, was an American fashion designer and costume designer. Her work as a clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her career as a costume designer for films in the 1930s. Lentz also worked under the name Irene Gibbons.
Lentz had been taught sewing as a child and, with a flair for style, she decided to open a small dress shop. The success of her designs in her tiny store eventually led to an offer from the Bullocks Wilshire luxury department store to design for their Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele including a number of Hollywood stars.
Lentz's designs at Bullocks gained her much attention in the film community and she was contracted by independent production companies to design the wardrobe for some of their productions. Billing herself simply as "Irene", her first work came in 1933 on the film Goldie Gets Along featuring her designs for star Lily Damita. However, her big break came when she was hired to create the gowns for Ginger Rogers for her 1937 film Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire. This was followed by more designs in another Ginger Rogers film as well as work for other independents such as Walter Wanger Productions, Hal Roach Studios as well as majors such as RKO, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. During the 1930s, Irene Lentz designed the film wardrobe for leading ladies such as Constance Bennett, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Bergman, and Loretta Young among others. She "is generally regarded as the originator of the dressmaker suit" that was popular in the late 1930s.
Through her work, Lentz met and married short story author and screenwriter Eliot Gibbons, brother of multi-Academy Award winning Cedric Gibbons, head of art direction at MGM Studios. Despite her success, working under the powerful set designer Cedric while being married to his brother Eliot was not easy. Irene confided to her close friend Doris Day that the marriage to Eliot was not a happy one. Generally regarded as the most important and influential production designer in the history of American films, Cedric Gibbons hired Lentz when gown designer Adrian left MGM in 1941 to open his own fashion house. By 1943 she was a leading costume supervisor at MGM, earning international recognition for her "soufflé creations" and is remembered for her avant-garde wardrobe for Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).
In 1950, Lentz left MGM to open her own fashion house. After Lentz was out of the film industry for nearly ten years, Doris Day requested her services for the production Midnight Lace (Universal, 1960). The following year she did the costume design for another Day film, Lover Come Back (1961), and during 1962 worked on her last production, A Gathering of Eagles (1963).
Lentz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for B.F.'s Daughter (1948). She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color for Midnight Lace (1960).
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A Gathering of Eagles
1963 · Costume Design
Lover Come Back
1961 · Costume Design
Midnight Lace
1960 · Costume Design
Shadow on the Wall
1950 · Costume Design
Please Believe Me
1950 · Costume Design
Key to the City
1950 · Costume Design
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Costume Design
Scene of the Crime
1949 · Costume Design
The Great Sinner
1949 · Costume Design
Neptune's Daughter
1949 · Costume Design
The Sun Comes Up
1949 · Costume Design
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949 · Costume Design
The Bribe
1949 · Costume Design
Julia Misbehaves
1948 · Costume Design
Easter Parade
1948 · Costume Design
The Pirate
1948 · Costume Supervisor
On an Island with You
1948 · Costume Design
State of the Union
1948 · Costume Design
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 · Costume Design
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Costume Design
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Costume Design
Desire Me
1947 · Costume Supervisor
This Time for Keeps
1947 · Costume Design
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Costume Design
Song of Love
1947 · Costume Supervisor
The Unfinished Dance
1947 · Costume Supervisor
Cynthia
1947 · Costume Design
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Costume Supervisor
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Costume Supervisor, Costume Design
The Hucksters
1947 · Costume Supervisor
Dark Delusion
1947 · Costume Supervisor
Fiesta
1947 · Costume Design
Living in a Big Way
1947 · Costume Design
High Barbaree
1947 · Costume Design
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Costume Supervisor
Undercover Maisie
1947 · Costume Design
The Arnelo Affair
1947 · Costume Design
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Costume Supervisor
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Costume Supervisor
The Secret Heart
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Lady in the Lake
1946 · Costume Supervisor
The Yearling
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Undercurrent
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Courage of Lassie
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Faithful in My Fashion
1946 · Costume Design
Easy to Wed
1946 · Costume Design
A Letter for Evie
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Two Smart People
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Bad Bascomb
1946 · Costume Supervisor
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Costume Supervisor
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Costume Design
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Costume Supervisor
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Costume Supervisor
Adventure
1945 · Costume Design
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945 · Costume Design
Yolanda and the Thief
1945 · Costume Design
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945 · Costume Design
She Went to the Races
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Costume Design
The Hidden Eye
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Dangerous Partners
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Twice Blessed
1945 · Costume Designer
The Clock
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Costume Supervisor
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Son of Lassie
1945 · Costume Supervisor
Between Two Women
1945 · Costume Design
Without Love
1945 · Costume Supervisor
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Costume Supervisor
National Velvet
1945 · Costume Supervisor
The Great Morgan
1945 · Irene (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Music for Millions
1944 · Costume Design
Nothing But Trouble
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Gentle Annie
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Kismet
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Costume Supervisor
The Canterville Ghost
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Bathing Beauty
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Meet the People
1944 · Costume Supervisor
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Gaslight
1944 · Costume Design
Rationing
1944 · Costume Supervisor
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Costume Supervisor
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Costume Supervisor
Broadway Rhythm
1944 · Costume Design
Lost Angel
1943 · Costume Design
Madame Curie
1943 · Costume Supervisor, Costume Design
Girl Crazy
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Swing Fever
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Best Foot Forward
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Above Suspicion
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Costume Design
No Time for Love
1943 · Costume Design
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Costume Supervisor
The Human Comedy
1943 · Costume Supervisor
Reunion in France
1942 · Costume Design
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Costume Design
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Costume Design
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Costume Design
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Costume Design
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Costume Design
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Costume Design
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Costume Design
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Costume Design
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Costume Design
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Costume Design
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · Costume Design
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Costume Design
Arise, My Love
1940 · Costume Design
Seven Sinners
1940 · Costume Designer
Hired Wife
1940 · Costume Designer
Lucky Partners
1940 · Costume Design
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · Costume Design
Too Many Husbands
1940 · Costume Design
Green Hell
1940 · Costume Design
Eternally Yours
1939 · Costume Design
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939 · Costume Design
In Name Only
1939 · Costume Design
Bachelor Mother
1939 · Costume Design
Midnight
1939 · Costume Design
Topper Takes a Trip
1938 · Costume Design
Trade Winds
1938 · Costume Design
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Costume Design
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Costume Design
Merrily We Live
1938 · Costume Design
Algiers
1938 · Wardrobe Designer
Topper
1937 · Costume Design
Shall We Dance
1937 · Costume Design
Wedding Present
1936 · Costume Design
Goldie Gets Along
1933 · Costume Design
Picking Peaches
1924 · The Store Manager's Wife
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924 · The Cashier
The Dare-Devil
1923 · The Second Heroine
A Tailor-Made Man
1922 · Miss Nathan
The Duck Hunter
1922 · The Sportsman's Boss's Wife
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