Peggy Hamilton modeling a Travis Banton gown with a full skirt of white tulle accented with gardenias, 1933
Description
Handwritten on edge of negative: FPL-61, Peggy Hamilton modeling a gown with a white satin bodice with tulle cap sleeves and a skirt of white tulle accented with gardenias. Hamilton wore this gown as the Official Hostess for the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic festivities., A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton wearing this gown appears in her Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," April 16, 1933, pg. F4., Text from negative sleeve: FPL-61, Travis Banton was the chief designer at Paramount Pictures. He is considered one of the most important Hollywood costume designers of the 1930s., Eugene Richee was a studio photographer who worked for Paramount Pictures from 1925 to 1935 and later worked for MGM and Warner Brothers., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.