Adrian Style: Public Fashion and Career Facts

Adrian is known for memorable red-carpet style and standout fashion moments. Here's a sourced look at Adrian's most iconic looks, career and background.

Adrian Adolph Greenburg (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959), also known mononymously as Adrian, was an American costume and fashion designer. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Hollywood's Golden Age, he was usually credited onscreen with the phrase "Gowns by Adrian". Early in his career, he chose the professional name Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's forename and his own. Adrian began his career making costumes for Irving Berlin's Music Box Revues before being brought to Hollywood by Rudolph Valentino to work on his films. After creating costumes for Cecil B. DeMille's films, he became the head costume designer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1928 to 1941, where he created wardrobes for several stars, including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, and Norma Shearer. Adrian was especially celebrated for his sophisticated and dramatic evening gown designs, a talent exemplified in Letty Lynton (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), and The Women (1939). He is perhaps best known today for his work on the Technicolor classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), for which he custom-designed the signature red-sequined ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland...

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• Name: Adrian
• Known for: Adrian Adolph Greenburg, also known mononymously as Adrian, was an American costume and…
• Category: celebrity style
• Wikidata ID: Q1366554

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