| 词条 | Omar Kiam |
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|name = Omar Kiam |image = Omar Kiam (fashion designer).jpg |image_size = |caption = Omar Kiam in 1937 |birth_name = Alexander Kiam |birth_date = {{birth date|1894|07|19|mf=y}} |birth_place = Monterrey, Mexico. |death_date = {{death date and age|1954|03|28|1894|07|19|mf=y}} |death_place = New York City, U.S. |death_cause = |resting_place = |nationality = American |other_names = |education = |label_name = |awards = Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, 1941; Coty Award, 1946 |known_for = |occupation = Costume designer; fashion designer |spouse = }} Omar Kiam (1894-1954) was an American fashion designer and costume designer. Early lifeBorn Alexander Kiam in Monterrey, Mexico, to Texan parents, Kiam picked up the nickname Omar at Riverview Preparatory School in Poughkeepsie, New York.[1] He later went to the Poughkeepsie Military Academy in New York.[2] His first job as a designer was producing caps for babies for a department store in Houston.[2] Kiam chose to retain his nickname professionally, as he appreciated the link to Omar Khayyám.[3] Costume designFollowing a stint in Paris as a student, Kiam returned to the United States and opened his studio in New York City, where he produced work for Broadway theatre.[2] Among the theatre productions he costumed were Dinner at Eight, the Robert E. Sherwood play Reunion in Vienna, and the Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes play Dishonored Lady.[4] In 1933 he moved to Hollywood, where he headed the film costume design departments for Sam Goldwyn Productions and United Artists.[2][4] Before leaving Hollywood in 1939, Kiam also worked for David O. Selznick and Hal Roach.[2] One of Kiam's most notable films was the 1937 film A Star is Born, for which he dressed Janet Gaynor.[1] He collaborated with Irene on Algiers.[4] FilmographyOmar Kiam costumed the following films:[4][5] {{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
Fashion designAlthough primarily known as a costume designer Kiam had also run a wholesale fashion design business supplying clothing to shops across the United States before he moved to Hollywood.[6] After leaving Hollywood, in 1941 Kiam became head designer for the Ben Reig fashion label, a company founded in 1929. Also designing costume jewelry for them from 1948, he worked there until his death in 1954.[7] Kiam won the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in 1941, and in 1946, won the Coty Award jointly with Vincent Monte-Sano and Clare Potter.[1] During the early 1950s Liz Claiborne worked for Kiam.[8] Kiam died 28 March 1954 at the Ritz Tower Hotel in New York.[9] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Mara |first1=Margaret |title=Omar Kiam, Former MGM Designer, gets Fashion Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1978388/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=13 March 2015 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=19 July 1946 |page=9}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiam, Omar}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last1=Bailey |first1=Margaret J. |title=Those glorious glamour years : Classic Hollywood costume design of the 1930's |date=1988 |publisher=Columbus |location=London |isbn=9780862878832}} 3. ^{{cite book| last1=Room |first1=Adrian |title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland & Co., Publishers |location=Jefferson |isbn=9780786457632 |page=261 |edition=5th |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |last1=Leese |first1=Elizabeth |title=Costume design in the movies an illustrated guide to the work of 157 great designers |date=1991 |publisher=Dover Publications |location=New York |isbn=9780486134291 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bZ_DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Staff writer|title=Omar Kiam Filmography |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba8bc1b7c |website=BFI |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=13 March 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=Staff writer |title=Omar Kiam to Design Garbs for Film Stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1978697/the_waco_newstribune/ |accessdate=13 March 2015 |work=The Waco News-Tribune |agency=Associated Press |via=Newspapers.com |date=31 March 1934}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Staff writer |title=Ben Reig |url=http://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/reig-ben/ |website=Vintage Fashion Guild Label Resource |accessdate=13 March 2015}} 8. ^{{cite news |last1=Woo |first1=Elaine |title=Liz Claiborne, 78; clothes designer for career women built vast fashion empire |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/28/local/me-claiborne28 |accessdate=13 March 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 June 2007}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Staff writer|title=Dress Designer Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1978741/the_evening_independent/ |accessdate=13 March 2015|work=The Evening Independent| agency=Associated Press |via=Newspapers.com|date=30 March 1954}} 6 : 1894 births|1954 deaths|American fashion designers|American costume designers|People from Monterrey|American jewelry designers |
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