Costume designer irene sharaff biography
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Irene Sharaff
American costume designer
Irene Sharaff (January 23, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an American costume designer for stage and screen.
Costume designer irene sharaff biography
Her accolades include five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Sharaff is universally recognized as one of the greatest costume designers of all time.
Background
Sharaff was born in Boston to parents of Armenian descent.
She studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, the Art Students League of New York, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.
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Career
After working as a fashion illustrator in her youth, Sharaff turned to set and costume design. Her debut production was the 1931 Broadway production of Alice in Wonderland, starring Eva Le Gallienne.
Her use of silks from Thailand for The King and I (1951) created a trend in fashion and interior decoration.[1]
Sharaff's work was featured in the movies West Side Story (Academy Award, 1961), Cleopatra (Academy Award, 1963),