Donald Brooks

Donald Brooks ( born January 9, 1928 in New Haven, Connecticut; † August 1, 2005 in Stony Brook, New York, actually Donald Marc Blumberg ) was an American fashion designer. He was very successful, but his real passion was to work for the theater and film, for both he designed more than 3,500 dresses. For this he received, among other things, an Emmy and numerous other awards. For the Oscar he was nominated three times and once for a Tony Award.

Life

Donald Brooks grew up on in New Haven Connecticut and studied at Syracuse University. He then moved to Yale University, where he decided to become a fashion designer. He then studied design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and at Parsons The New School for Design. He began as a window dresser of a business chain Lord & Taylor. There he caught the attention of Dorothy Shaver, which enabled him to design a new clothing line.

Until the mid- 1960s Brooks became one of the three big names in fashion. next to Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene and in New York, also known as "the three B's of fashion" by the New York Times. His first store he opened in 1963.

In addition to his successful fashion business Brooks worked on numerous Broadway performances with, including Promises, Promises, No Strings and Barefoot in the Park. For the costumes of the film The Cardinal (1963 ), Star! (1968) and Darling Lili (1970 ), he was nominated for an Oscar. He received an Emmy in 1982 for the fatal letter (1982). His other awards include the New York Drama Critics Award, three Coty Awards and the Parsons ' Medal of Distinction.

Brooks died in 2005 of a heart attack at a hospital in Stony Brook, New York.