EDIE ADAMS - DRESS UNSIGNED - HFSID 282736
Price: $400.00
EDIE ADAMS
Cream colored twill dress designed by James Galanos, obtained from the estate
of the late Ernie Kovacs and his recently deceased widow, Edie Adams
Dress, unsigned. A heavy, cream-colored twill street length dress, the front
placket covering the four hooks and six covered snap closure. Six top stitched
lines extend along the lapel and to the hem, the same detailing repeated on the
belt with a large gold buckle. This dress, designed by James Galanos, was sold
to Edie Adams by Amelia Gray, owner of a boutique on Wilshire Boulevard, Los
Angeles. It was part of the Ernie Kovacs/Edie Adams estate. Singer and
comedian EDIE ADAMS (1927-2008), born Elizabeth Edith Enke in
Kingston, Pennsylvania, appeared on TV's popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the
early 1950s, and married Kovacs in 1954 (the couple was married until his death
in 1962). Known to television audiences for her commercials for Muriel
Cigars, she also appeared in several feature films, including The
Apartment (1960) and The Best Man (1964). Adams, who received a
Tony Award as Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1955), portrayed Mae
West in a TV biography of her late husband, Ernie Kovacs: Between the
Laughter (1984). James Galanos (b. 1925) was an award-winning fashion
designer whose clients included First Lady Nancy Reagan. Galanos' "ready to
wear" dresses started at $300 in the early 1960s. Soiled and discolored at
neckline.
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