Collectibles
Barbara Matera custom designed suit for Elizabeth Taylor
- Item Number
- 123
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Opening Bid
- 595 USD
Item Description
Beautiful wool suit custom made for Elizabeth Taylor by Broadway costumer and designer, Barbara Matera. The suit, size 5, has original ''Barbara Matera LTD, New York'' tag sewn to inseam with ''Miss. Taylor'' printed on it in typescript. Excellent condition.
Barbara Matera was a costume designer, who for five decades dressed the casts of the New York City Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera, movies and more than 100 Broadway shows.
She also designed clothing for Gloria Swanson, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Ethel Merman, Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Raquel Welch, Liv Ullman, Pearl Bailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Bancroft, Carol Channing, Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, and Harry Belafonte. She also executed the highly acclaimed gown worn by Hilary Rodham Clinton on the occasion of her husband's first inauguration as President; Matera and her husband were personal guests of the Clintons for the event.
Item Special Note
Donated by Counter Productions at Rockledge, Athens NY.
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