BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.56//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1013@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240328T233037Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, August 29th at 4:00 you are invited to A Garden Par ty at the home of June Bilgore\, 355 S. Windsor Blvd\, Windsor Square. It is our Annual Meeting which usually takes place in June of each year. We h ad to pass over 2020 because of Covid but we are now back in the swing of things. This will be our first live event since February of 2020. This yea r our garden party will honor Captain Shannon Paulson of the Wilshire Divi sion Police who\, after years of watching over the Hancock Park area will be moving to a higher position within the Los Angeles Police Department. H er successor will also be present to be introduced to the neighborhood.\nS UNDAY AUGUST 29\, 2021\n355 S. WINDSOR BLVD\, WINDSOR SQUARE\nSOLD OUT\nI am happy to announce our special guest speaker will be Alison Martino who created the online community Vintage Los Angeles. Alison has over two mill ion followers daily being delighted by her trivia and nuances on growing u p in Los Angeles. Daughter of the late popular singer and actor\, Al Marti no\, Alison has been dubbed the “Godmother Of Los Angeles.” since her fath er played a prominent role in the movie\, The Godfather as singer Johnny F ontane. Alison will be charming us with her colorful memories and interest ing tidbits of growing up in the City Of The Angels.\nFor more information on Alison go to http://alisonmartino.com/\n \nPrice includes dinner and r efreshments.\nTickets: Member Price $55. Non-Member price $65. \nSOLD OUT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210829T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210829T193000 LOCATION:355 S. WINDSOR BLVD\,\, LOS ANGELES\, CA 90020 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:A GARDEN PARTY URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/a-garden-party/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/08/HPWSHS-Invite-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://wi ndsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HPWSHS-Invite-300x21 2.jpg\;300\;212\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content /uploads/2021/08/HPWSHS-Invite-1024x724.jpg\;1024\;724\;1\,full\;https://w indsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HPWSHS-Invite.jpg\; 2000\;1414\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nOn Sunday\, August 29th at 4:00 you are invited to A Garden Party at the home of June Bilgore\, 35 5 S. Windsor Blvd\, Windsor Square. It is our Annual Meeting which usually takes place in June of each year. We had to pass over 2020 because of Cov id but we are now back in the swing of things. This will be our first live event since February of 2020. This year our garden party will honor Capta in Shannon Paulson of the Wilshire Division Police who\, after years of wa tching over the Hancock Park area will be moving to a higher position with in the Los Angeles Police Department. Her successor will also be present t o be introduced to the neighborhood.
\nI am happy to announce our special guest speaker will be Alis on Martino who created the online community Vintage Los Angeles. Alison ha s over two million followers daily being delighted by her trivia and nuanc es on growing up in Los Angeles. Daughter of the late popular singer and a ctor\, Al Martino\, Alison has been dubbed the “Godmother Of Los Angeles.” since her father played a prominent role in the movie\, The Godfather as singer Johnny Fontane. Alison will be charming us with her colorful memori es and interesting tidbits of growing up in the City Of The Angels.
\n< p>For more information on Alison go to http://alisonmartino.com/ p>\n\n
Price includes dinner and refreshments.
\nTickets: Member Price $55. Non-Member pric
e $65.
\nSOLD OUT
Wednesday\, September 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1 933\, “Fortune” magazine suggested to the American fashion industry that t hey could benefit from the showmanship demonstrated by the Hollywood desig ners in order to compete with the French couturiers. The Hollywood designe r “Fortune” most praised was Adrian of M-G-M. It was a logical choice as A drian’s design for Joan Crawford in the 1932 film “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. Join us for Adrian\, America n Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matukonis-Adkins.
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\nDespite offer s to go into the retail business as early as 1928\, Adrian did not enter t he commercial fashion world until 1942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the prestigious Coty Award for fas hion design. One of the reasons he did so was his innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tasteful solution to the L-85 fabric restri ctions of World War II. So proud of the award was Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all his advertisements in the prestigious fas hion magazines.
\nBy 1952\, he had achieved all his dreams. He was f amous\, successful\, married to a lovely woman\, movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Africa\, and was working happil y in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unfortunately\, a weak heart demand ed he give up his fashion business. His “retirement” however\, was hardly inactive.
\nAttendance at a film festival in Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the new capital of Brasilia. T hey spent half their year in Brazil and half in Los Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed his first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “Grand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical work\, her to star in “Mid night Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to design for the musical whi ch became “Camelot” and for which he was awarded a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the production after Adrian sud denly died three months into the assignment.
\nThe nostalgia boom be
gan just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, but the surviving pieces of
his film work were soon commanding high prices at auctions\, with the Judy
Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most valuable of all movie artifa
cts. Also\, his couturier work began to be presented in museum exhibitions
all over the world.
\nAccording to their son\, Robin\, neither Janet
nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probably be a little surprised at
the attention his work still receives\, but would nonetheless be pleased a
bout it\, I’m sure.
I have studied Adrian and his work for the las t two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American Designe r\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new informati on with those familiar with his work and to introduce him to new audiences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man.
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