Legendary costume designer Bob Mackie dies aged 87

Fonte da imagem, Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images. Legenda da imagem, Bob Mackie em evento de tapete vermelho em Los Angeles em janeiro.

1. Image source, Manny Carabel/Getty Images for MTVImage caption, Sabrina Carpenter wore one of Mackie's designs at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, where she won Best Album Award for Short n' Sweet.
2. Image source, Harry Langdon/Getty ImagesImage caption, Cher wearing Bob Mackie in 1978.
3. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Singer Tina Turner wore her famous 'wing' costume, designed by Bob Mackie, in 1977.
4. Image source, Chris Walter/WireImageImage caption, Bob Mackie designed Elton John's iconic Dodgers bejewelled baseball costume, which he wore on stage in 1975.
5. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Barbara Streisand stunned in a Mackie outfit in the 1975 musical Funny Lady.

Fonte da imagem, Getty ImagesLegenda da imagem, "There are going to be some fabulously dressed angels," Pink escreveu em uma homenagem a Bob Mackie. A cantora usou muitos de seus designs ao longo dos anos, especialmente durante seu Funhouse Tour em 2009.

Fonte da imagem, Getty Images Legenda da imagem, Bob Mackie e Diana Ross - vestindo uma de suas criações - nos American Fashion Awards em Nova York em 2001.

Bob Mackie, who designed dazzling costumes for stars including Cher, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton and Elton John has died, aged 87.

The US fashion designer, known as the "Sultan of Sequins" for his sparkling creations, won a Tony Award, nine Emmys and received three Oscar nominations during his career.

He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a Fashion and Costume Designer, which is all he ever wanted to do," it added. "His genius and extraordinary designs will live on forever, continuing to bring beauty into this world.

Mackie foi particularmente influente na carreira de Cher e projetou sua icônica roupa Mohawk, que ela usou nos Oscars em 1986. Ela ficou conhecida como a roupa de “revenge”, porque ela não foi indicada a nada.

The showgirl-inspired costume featured a plumed mohawk headdress and showed Cher's bare midriff - a very new, and very shocking look at the time.

The costume has gone down in fashion history as one of the most outrageous and extravagant ever to appear at the awards.

I didn't get nominated for a movie that everyone thought I would actually win for [Mask] - so was dressing that night for a kind of revenge," Cher explained in the 2024 documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion.

Mackie disse à BBC em 2010 que, quando Cher começou, ela "parecia não se parecer com ninguém mais no mundo do entretenimento na época.

Todo mundo enlouqueceu com essa mulher, pois ela podia usar qualquer coisa," ele acrescentou.

Cher was widely reported to be the first woman to show her belly button on US television - and Mackie's designs were pivotal to that.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Cher's infamous mohawk "revenge" outfit at the 1986 Oscars.

Mackie was also the creative genius behind several of Sir Elton John's costumes, including his now-iconic Dodgers baseball outfit - bedazzled of course - that he wore during his performances at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in 1975.

A cantora Pink usou muitos dos seus designs ao longo dos anos. Compartilhando vários dos figurinos que ela usou no palco durante sua turnê Funhouse em 2009, ela escreveu “I was so lucky to be dressed by him for so long.”.

He was loving, wickedly funny and an absolute genius.

There are going to be some fabulously dressed angels.

Mackie was still designing up until recently - Sabrina Carpenter wore one of his designs at the MTV Video Music Awards last year.

Ele também projetou o vestido que Miley Cyrus usou durante sua apresentação no Grammy Awards de 2024. Ela ganhou um Grammy naquele ano pelo hino ao término, *Flowers* — talvez tenha sido sua própria versão de um "revenge dress.

Fonte da imagem, John Shearer/Getty Images para The Recording Academy. Legenda da imagem, Miley Cyrus usou seu próprio estilo de vestido Mackie “revenge” no Grammy Awards 2024.

Robert Gordon Mackie was born in Monterey Park, California, in 1939.

His design career started as a sketch artist for Jean Louis, a French-American costume designer. One of Mackie's early assignments saw him sketch the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore when she delivered her breathy rendition of "Happy Birthday Mr President" to John F Kennedy in 1962.

He married Hollywood singer and actress Lulu Porter in 1960, but they divorced three years later. They had a son together, Robin, who died in his early thirties from an Aids related illness.

Mackie estava em um relacionamento com o designer de moda iraniano Ray Aghayan, de 1963 até a morte de Aghayan em 2011.

I think I'm the oldest living designer in Hollywood," Mackie told The Guardian in 2018. When asked if he'd ever retire, his answer was simple - "I hope not.