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Bill Frank Whitten (October 4, 1944 – April 8, 2006) was a Hollywood fashion designer who designed stage clothing and high-end fashion for musicians and celebrities.

Whitten started out in 1974 in a custom shirt business called Workroom 27 on the second floor of a building on Santa Monica Boulevard. Neil Diamond was the first person to discover him and to start to advocate for his custom-designed clothes.^[1] At the height of his business, Whitten had a factory with 50 employees making stage clothing for 20 groups including the Commodores, the Jacksons,^[1] and Edgar Winter. In 1990 he opened a store, Bill Whitten, on Melrose Avenue.^[2] He died on April 8, 2006 of cancer and is buried in Los Angeles.^[3] Bill Whitten is the brother of artist Jack Whitten.^[4]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=Gaile|title=Whitten Time : Fashion: For a long time Bill Whitten designed in obscurity while his rock music creations stole the spotlight, but no more.|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-21/news/vw-1158_1_bill-whitten|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=31 January 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Louie|first1=Elaine|title=Style Makers; Bill Whitten; Designer and Retailer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/27/style/style-makers-bill-whitten-designer-and-retailer.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=31 January 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Billy Frank Whitten|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61938742|publisher=Find a Grave|accessdate=31 January 2018}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jack-whittens-newly-published-journals-1327919|title='I Am Black, Angry, Tired of Teaching, Tired of Being Poor': Jack Whitten's Newly Published Journals Reveal a Long, Painful Road to Recognition|date=2018-08-06|work=artnet News|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}