Walter Plunkett was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry.
Plunkett with the red dress of Gone with the Wind (1939)
Flying Down to Rio (1933), designs for Dolores del Río and Fred Astaire
Little Women (1933), designs for Katharine Hepburn and others
Gone with the Wind (1939), design for Vivien Leigh
Irene Sharaff was an American costume designer for stage and screen. Her accolades include five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Sharaff is universally recognized as one of the greatest costume design
Walter Plunkett
…in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Academy Award for Best Costume Design with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris. Plunkett retired in 1966, after having worked in films, on Broadway, and for the Metropolitan Opera. He spent the last years…
Design for Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Royal robe designed for Yul Brynner in The King and I, for which Sharaff won an Oscar
Headdress for Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, which won another Oscar for Sharaff