Costume & Make-Up
Travilla
Born March 22, 1920 Died November 2, 1990 (Age 70)Los Angeles, California, USA86 Credits
The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgir…
